Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting and Keeping Your Benefits by Dr. David Morton III shows readers how to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and get the most assistance from the system. Written for both first-time applicants and existing recipients, this book tells you everything you need to know about qualifying for, applying for, and maintaining disability benefits.
Samples of all major forms are presented alongside guidance on how to complete them. User-friendly appendices translate bureaucratic terms, provide medical-vocational rules, and list Social Security benefit publications. An included CD-ROM provides in-depth medical listings to help you determine what you qualify for. The fourth edition is completely updated with the latest rules and medical listings, including a discussion on online forms.
Overall, this book is a step-by-step, easy-to-read tutorial that will prove invaluable in dealing with the government on a claim. It provides the layman with extensive case studies and copies of forms so that normally abstract matters become concrete and real.
However, this book did not include two important SSA forms: the SSA-3373-BK (Function Report—Adult) and SSA-3380-BK (Function Report—Adult—Third Party). It also focuses primarily on appealing the denial of a claim and on Social Security jargon, which may be frustrating for those looking for application information.
Despite these omissions, Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability is definitely worth its price.
This book is a must for caregivers, health care professionals, disability lawyers, and anyone dealing with long-term or permanent disability benefits.
Part of the Nolo’s Guide series of self-help legal aids.
Also recommended: How to Get SSI and Social Security Disability by Mike Davis.
Publisher: NOLO
Publish date: March 30, 2008
492 pages
ISBN-10: 1413307647
ISBN-13: 978-1413307641
