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What Is Sga (Substantial Gainful Activity) For Social Security Disability Purposes?

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Buck, is this what you've been looking for?

http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/sga.html

Also

http://www.disabilitysecrets.com/alleged-onset-date.html

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In addition Buck, The principle conditions that must be met to receive benefits include:
  • Unable to do the same work you did before you became disabled
  • Unable to do other jobs
  • Having a disability that is expected to last more than a year or lead to death

The first point has "special" features. If you've always been a truck driver, have been for over 20 years or so, the SSA does not expect you to work fast food for the remainder of your life. If you've been a computer analyst and now have mental problems, they do not expect you to retrain as a furniture saleperson. For those folks who continued in one career field uninterupted for a certain length of time, SSA (SSDI) does not expect you to automatically become "competent and/or competitive" in another unrelated career field.

If however, you bounced from one career field to another, over and over, you would need to prove that you can't work in any of those career fields. In some cases, they would expect you to be "retrainable", because of your adaptibility.

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Thanks pete992 & TexasMarine,

I understand these regulations, its the AOD that they may denied? ,I think she has be approved for her disability's the DDS is checking on her non medical before they send her letter, as matter fact they might deny but her first letter a few days ago stated that they agree with her medical reports stating she is disable.

but said she has to wait to receive her non medical approval or denial? please don't contact or do not call this office until you have received the second notice on non medical.

so if she is approved for SSD and denied on the AOD/EOD Then its Attorney time!

...........Thanks Guys

....................Buck

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I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!!

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Buck, I found out that the AOD and the EOD can have the same date but then again social security can come up with their own date. The only thing you can do now is wait for the final decision. It can be very frustrating. It also helps what her treating doctor says about her treatment and prognosis.

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yes waiting time now, we just want her AOD OR EOD if they change it were hoping its at least 12 months prior to her application date.

guess well see she not sure she will disagree with there EOD...Depends if they make her EOD her application date but that's not right,she may disagree & fight for the AOD she will need a attorney.

Thanks again pete992

...............Buck

I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!!

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Once you've met the SSDI disability requirements, the only thing they look at is the amount of quarters you have credited to your account and how current your last period of work is. SSDI used to pay everyone on the 3rd, of the month, but some years back changed that, so they could look like they were trying to balance the budget. Now everyone gets paid based on their SS number.

SS could find a claimant eligible, disability wise, 8yrs ago, but not start paying until now. They generally don't go back more than a year, unless the claim has been ongoing.

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