DISABILITY CLAIMS OVER 50

Beginning at the age of 50, SSA takes into account vocational issues for claimants in SSD applications and appeals. If your disability makes you unable to do your previous work but you do not have the skills to perform a different job in another vocation, you may be eligible for SSD. We will thoroughly examine your claim, your medical history, your job skills, and your ability to perform in an alternate vocation. We will then advocate on your behalf in your disability claim. 

The Social Security Administration looks at several factors in determining Social Security Disability benefits for older workers.  If your disability makes you unable to do your previous work but you do not have the skills to perform a different job in another vocation, you may be eligible for SSD. We will thoroughly examine your claim, your medical history, your job skills, and your ability to perform in an alternate vocation.

• Age: Are you 50 or older? The older you are, the harder it may be to adapt to a disability, retrain, and change careers.
• Education: If you have a high school degree or less, you are probably less able to qualify for jobs that can be done with your disability.
• Background: If your work history contains only physical labor jobs or jobs requiring limited skills, you may not be able to get a job that requires other skills.

Individuals who are under 50 years of age are only eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits if they are unable to perform any work whatsoever on a full-time basis. However, once a person reaches the age of 50, the Social Security Administration (SSA) takes into account the difficulty for someone of this age to transition into a different type of work.

Our Social Security Disability advocates know that you would rather be going to work and bringing in a paycheck. But when your age, your work history, and your education are considered along with the severity of your disability, the Social Security Administration may determine that you deserve the Social Security Disability Insurance benefits you earned while you were working. 

Eligibility for SSD benefits becomes easier and the rules become more relaxed in five-year increments thereafter. If you are over 50 and disabled, yet still having difficulty getting approval for the benefits you need to help sustain your care and your livelihood, you need a committed advocate to represent your interests. We will not back down until all avenues have been exhausted.

Even if your disability itself is not enough to get your disability claim approved, your age, education, and work history may help you get the Social Security Disability benefits you need.