SSDI for Anxiety

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is funded through the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax, a United States obligatory payroll or employment tax paid by employees, employers, and self-employed persons and used to fund Social Security and Medicare. This program is designed to provide financial assistance to persons that become disabled and are unable to work. The Social Security Administration (SSA) offers this social insurance program to provide financial assistance to people who are retired, disabled, and survivors of qualified individuals. Eligibility for SSDI is based on previous work and the taxes paid into Social Security. To be eligible for SSDI, a worker must have earned sufficient credits based on taxable work so that he/she is insured through SSA for SSDI benefits. Disability benefits are payable to blind or disabled workers, widow/widower, or eligible adults that have been disabled since childhood. The amount of the monthly disability benefit is based on the Social Security earnings record of the insured worker. Adult children of qualified persons may also be eligible for benefits on their parent’s earnings record if he/she is disabled before the age of 22.

Do you or a loved one need information about SSDI for Anxiety? Contact the New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorneys at the Kazmierczak law office and we will answer any questions you may have about SSDI for Anxiety!

Typically, to be eligible for disability benefits, an applicant must meet two different earnings tests:

• The Recent Work Test is based on your age at the time you became disabled
• The Duration of Work Test is to demonstrate that you worked long enough under Social Security

For a person to be eligible for SSDI because of anxiety he/she will have to undergo a mental evaluation of their disability. SSDI for anxiety requires professional documentation of the anxiety disorder, assessment of the limitations the anxiety disorder may have on the individual's ability to work, and a determination as to the duration of these limitations. To be eligible for SSDI the anxiety disorder must incapacitate or limit the person’s ability to work for a continuous period of at least 12 months. The person must also show specific symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings.

Other mental disorders eligible for SSDI include:

• Organic Mental Disorders
• Schizophrenic, Paranoid, and other Psychotic Disorders
• Affective Disorders
• Mental Retardation
• Somatoform Disorders
• Personality Disorders
• Substance Addiction Disorders
• Autistic Disorder and other Pervasive Developmental Disorders

Do you or a loved one need information about SSDI for Anxiety? Contact the New Jersey Social Security Disability Attorneys at the Kazmierczak law office and we will answer any questions you may have about SSDI for Anxiety!