This disability planner page explains how you qualify for benefits if you become disabled.

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or “Disability” provides monthly payments to people who have a disability that stops or limits their ability to work.

The Disability Starter Kit will help you get ready for your disability interview or online application. Kits are available for adults and for children under age 18.

We pay disability benefits to people who can’t work because they have a medical condition that’s expected to last at least 1 year or result in death. Federal law requires this very strict definition of …

The criteria in the Listing of Impairments are applicable to evaluation of claims for disability benefits under the Social Security disability insurance program or payments under the SSI program.

You can: Start your disability claim immediately. There is no need to wait for an appointment. Apply from the convenience of your own home or on any computer. Stop and return to your saved application …

You must have a disability that affects your ability to work for a year or more, or will result in death. If you continue to work, your condition must also limit you from earning income above an amount we call …

Generally, you need 40 credits, 20 of which were earned in the last 10 years ending with the year your disability begins. However, younger workers may qualify with fewer credits.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) manages two programs which pay monthly disability benefits to people under age 65 who cannot work for at least a year because of a severe disability: Social …

To qualify for benefits, a claimant must have a specified amount of past employment or earnings and be disabled. The laws gener-ally define disability as the inability to perform regular or customary work …