WHAT FACTORS DETERMINE IF YOU ARE DISABLED?

The following can play a role in whether you get approved for Social Security disability:

• Your age
• Level of education
• Kind of work you have done in the past 15 years
• Steady employment history?
• Regular medical treatment?
• Type, duration and severity of your medical impairment.

Being age 50 or over is a plus but many people under age 50 get approved.

Decision makers like to see an individual who has a long, steady history of employment.  This simply adds credibility to the claim.  For instance, a person who has worked at the same job for 25 years, earning a good wage, is more likely to be approved than someone who has a skimpy work history.

Disability is only available due to a severe medical condition that does not permit the claimant to work on a full-time basis.  Therefore, medical records must exist which prove the disability in terms of its

•  severity
• onset
• duration
• functional limitations

For help with a claim or appeal - or just to get more information, contact

THE FORSYTHE FIRM
Charles W. Forsythe
7027 Old Madison Pike NW - Suite 108
Huntsville, AL 35806
"Across from Bridge Street"
PHONE (256) 799-0297 

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