SSDI Eligibility
The minimum duration a disability must last to qualify for SSDI
What is 12 months?
The definition of SSI
What is Supplemental Security Income?
The first step in the evaluation process
What is: Is the claimant engaging in SGA?
The type of appeal filed after a reconsideration denial
What is a Request for Hearing Appeal
The type of income used by the SSA to determine if a claimant is engaging in SGA
What is: Gross income?
The type of income that is excluded from the SGA limit
What is unearned income, such as retirement, VA benefits, etc.
The definition of RFC
What is Residual Functional Capacity?
True or False: A claimant automatically qualifies for SSDI if they meet a listing at step three.
What is True
The deadline to file a recon or RFH appeal
The SGA limit for a non-blind individual in 2025
What is: $1,620/month
The medical insurance that SSDI beneficiaries qualify for
What is Medicare?
The term for a medical condition that automatically meets the disability requirements
What is a Compassionate Allowance?
Steps 4 and 5
What is: Can the claimant return to their past work and is their any other work the claimant can do?
The entity a claimant can file an appeal with after receive a denial from an ALJ
The reason the SGA limit is increased each year
What is the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)
The waiting period before a claimant begins to receive their benefits
What is the 5 month waiting period?
The term for when a claimant claims their disability began
What is Alleged Onset Date (AOD)
The factor considered at step 5 that may affect whether a claimant is deemed capable of adjusting to other work.
What is: Age (Bonus points for naming the 3 age categories)
The type of hearing a claimant has after their case was approved by the Appeals Council
What is: a Remanded Hearing
This type of income, such as an inheritance or ERB, does not count toward the SGA limit
The rule that prevents claimants who have previously been denied by an ALJ from filing again without a significant change in circumstance
What is the Chavez Rule?
The skill level associated with an SVP of 2
What is Unskilled
The Grid Rule for the following claimant
55 yrs old
Light RFC
HS education
Skilled PRW
NO transferrable skills
What is: GR 202.06
What we can file with the appeal if a claimant has missed their 60 day deadline
What is a Good Cause?
A job that a claimant held for less than 6 months, earning above SGA but ending due to their disability, is classified as this
What is an Unsuccessful Work Attempt?