Social Security disability and SSI
For workers whose bodies called time before they did
Social Security Disability Insurance pays people who worked and paid into the system and can't keep working. Supplemental Security Income helps people with a disability and very little income or savings, whether or not they worked.
We help with the application, the function reports and the doctors' statements that Social Security weighs most. Many first applications are denied; a strong file from the start makes the next steps faster.
Applications and reconsideration requests
Treating-doctor statements that speak to work limits
SSI for adults and for children with disabilities
What Social Security looks at
Your years of work
Whether you've earned enough work credits for SSDI, and what jobs you did in the last years.
What your doctors wrote
Diagnoses, treatment and what your doctors say you can and can't do in a workday.
Your income and savings
For SSI only: what you earn, what you own and who you live with.
Questions about Social Security claims
What's the difference between SSDI and SSI?
SSDI depends on your work record. SSI depends on financial need. Some people qualify for both at once.
How is your fee set?
Social Security sets and approves it: 25% of past-due benefits, up to a cap the agency sets. If you don't win back pay, you owe no fee.
Should I apply while I'm still working part time?
Earnings above a monthly limit usually stop a claim. Call us before you change your hours, and we'll walk through it.
Thinking about applying?
Tell us what kind of work you did and what stopped you. We'll say whether SSDI, SSI or both fit.
Fees are set by law and paid only from back pay you win. You may still owe out-of-pocket costs, such as copies of medical records or an outside doctor's opinion; we ask before we spend any.