| Much like other forms of insurance, some may resent | | | | can be taken to assess whether your disability falls |
| having money taken out of their paycheck each month | | | | into this category, although some will be obvious, such |
| to pay for Social Security benefits. However, when the | | | | as loss of limbs or blindness. There are also potential |
| time comes where an injury or other medical condition | | | | Social Security benefits for the parents of children |
| leaves a person unable to go into work, then it's a fine | | | | under the age of 22 who have a childhood disability. In |
| system to have in place. There is a long list of | | | | that case too, the disability must be so severe that the |
| disabilities that could potentially apply in this case, in | | | | child is unable to work, possibly in the future or at any |
| which a person could start receiving benefits. The | | | | point. For more complicated cases such as this, it's a |
| Social Security administration puts out a new pamphlet | | | | good idea to consult with a lawyer regarding how to |
| each year that outlines these disabilities, and the | | | | best present your case. |
| qualifications that one must show to receive payments. | | | | A lawyer can also help individuals wade through all the |
| However, because this list changes all the time, it can | | | | paperwork, both online forms and paper forms, that |
| be difficult to determine at first if your disability will | | | | the Social Security office may give you about this |
| qualify you for Social Security benefits. The | | | | subject. Some disabilities are not as obvious as others, |
| government website leads you to an application and | | | | but if you are having difficulties performing your regular |
| long list of potential disabilities, affecting all areas of the | | | | job duties, then you may be eligible. Filling out a |
| body from cancer to muscular problems. The way | | | | questionnaire and consulting with a lawyer is a good |
| that disability is defined is as any medical condition that | | | | first step in the right direction to receiving the benefits |
| interferes with your ability to work. While it could affect | | | | that you deserve, and have been paying for since you |
| any area of the body or mental capacity, the disability | | | | first entered the work force. When health is on the line, |
| must be so severe that you are unable to perform | | | | the government has provided this safety net for the |
| basic job-related functions. | | | | nation's workers. |
| There are some computer-based qualifying tests that | | | | |