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Disability Programs
Who is Eligible?
SSA's Evaluation Method
List of Impairments
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Who is Eligible?
SSDI Eligibility
In general, to get Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, you must meet two different earnings tests:
• A “recent work” test based on your age at the time you became disabled; and
• A “duration of work” test to show that you worked long enough under Social Security.
SSI Eligibility
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a Federal income supplement program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes).
For SSI benefits, a claimant cannot have a household income that exceeds the defined amount per the Social Security Administration.
• It is designed to help aged, blind and disabled people, who have little or no income; and
• It provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing and shelter.
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