Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits

by David A. Morton III

Qualify for Social Security disability benefits, quickly and easily

This comprehensive and compassionate book covers both SSDI and SSI, shows you how to prove a disability, and explains how your age, education, and work experience affect your chances. Parents will find special information about benefits available to children with a disability.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Reference, Disability

446 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Angela]

This is an EXCELLENT guide to understanding disability qualification! All the aspects of paperwork, processes, and expectations are covered thoroughly and in an easy-to-understand way. The language isn't technical and the book is very readable. Numerous example forms make it easy see how to handle your own. There is also a website for the book that lists all the conditions and requirements that the government covers for disability. It was so informative that I bought a copy to keep as a reference guide!

[Kim Wyatt]

I've been consulting Nolo's social security disability website throughout my entire application to claim social security disability process. It's important to note, this is my 2nd attempt and I took Nolo's website advise and hired a lawyer specializing in SSDI claims.
But it would have been nice to have this book to explain every step along the way. My lawyers staff is great. They answer all my questions and provide info for every step. BUT, I'm not so great. I loose my notes, can't make sense of emails. I Forget what to include on forms so I babble on and on when filling them out. More detail is better, right? Maybe not. Nolo's book tells you clear and concise is better than rambling. Big sigh. My appeal hearing is this month. Wish me luck.

[Sarah Melissa]

I have just acquired the book, with a view to working part time by at least this spring, since unless we are still in a state of emergency with regards to the Covid my annuity will make my not eligible for Medicaid. It is a good, comprehensive book with examples of all the forms, although to my chagrin it does not mention annuities, although it does mention investment income. I am in pre-retirement category (when I am 66 my disability SSDI income will turn into retirement income, and, I hope, increase) and what this means practically is that with a life-long cancer I am very unlikely to come up for review. It also means than I have only a six-year period during which I will face restrictions on how much I can earn and still keep my SSDI benefit; these restrictions are extremely lenient, but too lengthy to explain here. $30 for the book version and $18 for the kindle is really not much.
But with regards to your needs, yes, it is an affordable 2022 edition with a lot of extras you can download about more than 200 medical conditions, and legal updates, and many other articles and FAQs. And free in-depth profiles of your local lawyers.
And this I (and you) might not have anticipated: a new discussion of getting disability for Post-Acute COVID Syndrome (PACS). I expect most medical staff do know about this by now, but perhaps you caught Covid early on.

[Sherry]

This amazingly detailed book was written by an individual with experience as a medical consultant (and other positions) with the Arkansas Disability Determination Services. There is almost no stone left unturned by the information in this manual. How to apply for SSDI and SSI, what the process and forms contain, how Social Security offices review, what the DDS examiners do, what is significant disability; how determinations are made, why claims are denied, what to do about it if the claim is denied, what a continuing disability review is, how to appeal decisions, how to choose legal representation....cram packed with information. Well written.

[Laurla2]

i'm already familiar with a lot of what the book covered. mostly i appreciated the section on what to expect when they review your case. it had examples of the forms they send, and suggestions as to what types of things to bring up for each question. i may want to get this book again when i get reviewed.

[Matt Holmes]

The Nolo series are great legal reference books.

[Viragos Reading Odyssey]

The information that is accurate is available for free on the internet. The rest isn’t universally accurate

[Irishgal]

Helpful info

[Patricia]

reading 4th edition? 2006, red cover

[Farheen]

reading for my law practice, not personal use.