Apply Online for Disability Benefits

Social Security offers an online disability application you can complete at your convenience. Utilize from the comfort of your dwelling or any location at a time most convenient for you lot. Y'all practise not need to bulldoze to your local Social Security office or expect for an appointment with a Social Security representative.

Who can apply for adult disability benefits online?

Y'all tin can utilise the online application to employ for disability benefits if you:

  • Are historic period eighteen or older;
  • Are not currently receiving benefits on your own Social Security record;
  • Are unable to work because of a medical condition that is expected to last at least 12 months or result in death: and
  • Accept non been denied disability benefits in the last lx days. If your application was recently denied for medical reasons, the Internet Appeal is a starting point to request a review of the medical determination we fabricated.

What data practise I demand to apply for benefits?

We suggest that you have the following information at hand. Information technology will brand completing the application much easier.

Information Nigh Yous

  • Your date and identify of birth and Social Security number
  • The name, Social Security number and date of nativity or historic period of your electric current spouse and whatsoever former spouse. You lot should too know the dates and places of union and dates of divorce or death (if appropriate)
  • Names and dates of nascence of your pocket-size children
  • Your bank or other fiscal institution's Routing Transit Number [more info] and the business relationship number, if you want the benefits electronically deposited

Information About Your Medical Condition

  • Proper noun, address and phone number of someone nosotros tin can contact who knows about your medical conditions and tin help with your awarding
  • Detailed information nearly your medical illnesses, injuries or atmospheric condition:
    • Names, addresses, phone numbers, patient ID numbers and dates of treatment for all doctors, hospitals and clinics;
    • Names of medicines you are taking and who prescribed them; and
    • Names and dates of medical tests y'all have had and who sent you for them.

Information About Your Work

  • The amount of coin earned concluding year and this year
  • The proper name and address of your employer(due south) for this year and last year
  • A copy of your Social Security Statement
  • The beginning and ending dates of any active U.S. armed forces service you had before 1968
  • A list of the jobs (upwards to 5) that y'all had in the 15 years earlier you lot became unable to piece of work and the dates you worked at those jobs
  • Information about any workers' compensation, black lung, and/or similar benefits you filed, or intend to file for. These benefits can:
    • Be temporary or permanent in nature;
    • Include annuities and lump sum payments that you received in the past;
    • Be paid past your employer or your employer'south insurance carrier, private agencies, or Federal, State or other authorities or public agencies; and
    • Exist referred to as:
      1. Workers' Compensation;
      2. Black Lung Benefits;
      3. Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation;
      4. Civil Service (Disability) Retirement;
      5. Federal Employees' Retirement;
      6. Federal Employees' Compensation;
      7. State or local authorities disability insurance benefits; or
      8. Disability benefits from the military (This includes military retirement pensions based on disability but not Veterans' Assistants (VA) benefits.)

What documents do I need to provide?

Nosotros may ask you lot to provide documents to show that you are eligible, such as:

  • Birth certificate or other proof of nascence;
  • Proof of U.S. citizenship or lawful alien condition if you were not born in the U.s. [more Info];
  • U.Due south. military discharge paper(s) if you had military service before 1968;
  • W-ii forms(due south) and/or self-employment tax returns for last year;
  • Medical testify already in your possession [more info]. This includes medical records, doctors' reports, and contempo test results; and
  • Award letters, pay stubs, settlement agreements or other proof of any temporary or permanent workers' compensation-type benefits yous received [more info].

Of import

Nosotros accept photocopies of Westward-two forms, self-employment tax returns or medical documents, but nosotros must see the original of nigh other documents, such as your nascency certificate. (We will return them to you.)

Practice non delay applying for benefits considering you lot practise not accept all the documents. We will aid you get them.

Mailing Your Documents

If you lot mail any documents to us, y'all must include the Social Security number so that we can match them with the correct awarding. Practice not write anything on the original documents. Please write the Social Security number on a separate sheet of paper and include it in the mailing envelope along with the documents.

If you exercise not want to mail these documents, you may bring them to a Social Security office. Do not mail foreign birth records or any documents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), formerly the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), especially those you are required to keep with you at all times. These documents are extremely difficult, time-consuming and expensive to replace if lost. Some cannot be replaced. Instead, bring them to a Social Security function where we will examine them and return them to you.

What are the advantages of applying using our online disability awarding process?

Our online disability application process offers several advantages. You can:

  • First your inability merits immediately. In that location is no need to wait for an appointment.

  • Utilize from the convenience of your own home or on whatsoever computer.

  • Stop and return to your saved application earlier submission.

  • Avoid trips to a Social Security office.

  • Complete the process online fifty-fifty if y'all alive outside the United states of america.

What happens after I apply?

Afterward we receive your online application, we will:

  • Provide confirmation of your application- either electronically or past mail service.

  • Review the application.

  • Contact you lot if we need more information or documentation.

  • Inform you if other family members may exist able to receive benefits on your record, or if you lot may be able to receive benefits on another person's record, such as your spouse or your parent.

  • Procedure your application.

  • Mail our conclusion to you.

What other ways can I employ?

You can too apply:

  • By phone - Call us at 1-800-772-1213 from vii a.chiliad. to vii p.thou. Monday through Friday. If you are deaf or difficult of hearing, you can telephone call us at TTY i-800-325-0778.

  • In person - Visit your local Social Security office. (Call first to make an date.)

If you do non alive in the U.Southward. or ane of its territories, you can too contact your nearest Federal Benefits Unit that provides service to your land of residence.

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Publications

  • Utilise Online for Disability Benefits
  • Inability Benefits
  • Fact Sheet – Exclusion of Certain Medical Sources' Show

Related Information

  • Inability Planner
  • Information for Representatives
  • What You lot Need to Know About The Online Inability Awarding
  • Helping Someone Employ Online
  • Data on Excluding Certain Medical Sources' Evidence

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