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Nolo's guide to social security disability : getting & keeping your benefits
- Author
- Morton, David A., 1945-
- Title
- Nolo's guide to social security disability : getting & keeping your benefits / by David A. Morton.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Published
- Berkeley, CA : Nolo, 2010.
- Description
- 475 p. : ill. ; 23 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
- [Description]
- System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Windows XP, Vista or 7; Adobe reader; CD-ROM drive. Should also work on Macintosh.
- Portion of title
- Guide to social security disability
- Notes
- Includes index. "Medical listings on CD-ROM"--Cover.
- Contents
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- What is Social Security disability?
- Applying for disability benefits
- Disability benefits for children
- Getting benefits during the application process
- Proving you are disabled
- Who decides your claim?
- How claims are decided
- If you can do some work
- How age, eduction, and work experience matter
- When benefits begin
- Reasons you may be denied benefits
- Appealing if your claim is denied
- Once you are approved
- Continuing disability review
- Your right to representation.
- Summary
- Explains Social Security Disability, discusses how to apply for benefits, and offers samples of all the major forms required.
- Subject headings
- Disability insurance--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc. Social security--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- ISBN
- 9781413311044 (pbk.) 1413311040 (pbk.)