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There are a few reasons why you may not be eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Typically, these reasons revolve around your ability to work and earn an income. If you are able to work, and your income is above the threshold of eligibility for SSDI, your claim for disability benefits will be denied. Furthermore, if the severity of your medical condition (a.k.a., your disability) does not get any worse, it is also unlikely that you will win an appeal after you have received a denial letter for disability benefits.

1. You are working

There are some disabilities that meet the qualification for faster approval from the Social Security Administration (SSA) through the Compassionate Allowance program. If you have one of these conditions, the SSA will mark it as a compassionate allowance and your application will be processed faster to help ensure that you get the benefits you deserve much faster.

Every year, prices of just about everything go up. This means that, if you are receiving a benefit of some type from the Social Security Administration (SSA), you will receive an increase at the start of each New Year. The SSA has already calculated what beneficiaries will receive in 2024 and released this in their 2024 update.

On January 1st, 2024, the increase will be 3.2% of whatever the benefit was in 2023.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) awards presumptive disability to those who may qualify for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Now, you may be wondering, what exactly is presumptive disability? Presumptive disability are benefits designed to offer financial assistance and support for individuals that, based on the information in their SSI application, the SSA sees as having a high likelihood of ultimately being approved for SSI.

State governments are not the ones to administer social security benefits. This includes disability benefits.

Instead, all disability benefits applications are assessed and administered by the federal government body, specifically the Social Security Administration (SSA).