What we handle
Social Security disability (SSDI)
SSDI pays a monthly benefit to people who worked long enough to earn it and can no longer keep up full-time work because of a health condition.
The test isn't whether you're sick. It's whether your conditions, together, stop you from doing your past work or any other job that exists. That means the claim rests on records that describe limits in plain terms: how long you can stand, how much you can lift, how often you need to lie down. We get those records and build the claim around them.
Our part
What we do on an SSDI claim
- 01
Check your work credits and date last insured
- 02
Request records from every treating provider
- 03
Ask your doctors for opinions that address work
- 04
Fill out and file the application and function reports
- 05
Track the claim and answer Social Security's requests
- 06
Prepare you for a consultative exam if one is set
Questions
SSDI questions we hear most
How long do I have to be out of work?
Your condition has to have lasted, or be expected to last, at least twelve months, or be expected to result in death. You can apply before the twelve months are up.
Can I work part-time while I apply?
Some, but earnings over a monthly limit Social Security sets each year can end the claim. Tell us what you're earning and we'll tell you where the line is.
Private representatives charge a fee from back pay. Do you?
No. We're a nonprofit, and we take nothing from your back pay or your monthly benefit.
Free help
Talk to someone who does this every day.
Call, stop by on a weekday or a clinic Saturday, or send a few details. An attorney or paralegal gets back to you within two business days.
We charge no fee for any service on this site. If a case needs records a provider charges for, we tell you the cost first, and grant funds usually cover it.