If you are like most people, you think that Social Security is strictly a retirement program. Although most of the beneficiaries receive retirement benefits, many others get Social Security because they are disabled. If you are a working person who can no longer do your job because of an illness or injury, you may be eligible for disability benefits.

The first requirement is that you must have paid into Social Security for a long enough period of time and in large enough dollar amounts to be considered “eligible”. Next, you must not be “gainfully” employed. You must next be under a “disability” which has lasted or is expected to last 12 months. You must have a “disability” that is “severe” enough to keep you from doing your past job. All of the terms in quotations are legal terms that need to be explained by an attorney familiar with Social Security Regulations.

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