Disability
Social Security Insurance
Social Security Disability Insurance Determination
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Carol Eustice
Carol Eustice
Carol Eustice is a writer covering arthritis and chronic illness, who herself has been diagnosed with both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
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Updated on March 20, 2020
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Specific criteria must be met to qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). The Congress of the United States has defined disability, for purposes of entitlement to disabled worker’s benefits, as the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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A person must not only be unable to do his or her previous work but cannot [...]