Child Disability Benefits

 

   There are two very different types of Social Security disability benefits for children. 

    One is Supplemental Security Income (SSI) children's disability benefits. To receive these benefits the child's parents must be pretty poor and the child must be found disabled. When we're talking about disability for adults, we're asking whether the person can work. Children, however, aren't expected to work so what does disability mean for them? Social Security has struggled with that question. The result is a standard that tries to rate the severity of the child's health problems in a variety of ways. It can be tough to qualify.

    The other is Disabled Adult Child benefits. To receive these benefits, you must have a parent who worked enough to be covered under Social Security and you must have become disabled before age 22. Your parent must be deceased or be on Social Security benefits himself or herself. You can file this sort of claim after you turn 22. It's just that Social Security will look back at your condition before you turned 22. This can become difficult if you're trying to find medical records about a person's condition 20 years earlier but it can be done. Disabled Adult Child benefits are extremely important for the peace of mind of the parents of those disabled adult children. Often, they're supporting their disabled child but are worried about what happens to their child when they're no longer around to help. Having a regular income and Medicare doesn't solve all the problems but it's a good start.

    Hall & Rouse represents both types of child disability claimants. It's not the only thing we do but we are child disability attorneys.

If you're in NC and want help with your Social Security disability claim, call Hall & Rouse, P.C. at 1-866-425-5347