Important Paperwork That You Need to Fill Out When Applying for SSDI

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program is a Social Security program that provides monthly benefits to approved disability claimants on the basis of their medical condition or “disability” and their inability to work because of it. 

You must have worked long enough to earn work credits to become eligible for SSDI benefits. You must also have a physical or mental condition that is expected to last for at least a year or longer and that prevents you from doing manual work.

When applying for SSDI benefits, it is important that you first establish your disability claim. You may start by gathering information about your medical condition and your employment history.

Your doctor’s statements regarding your limitations, as well as your clinical and lab test results and record of your previous employments, will greatly help the SSA in deciding whether or not you are eligible for disability benefits.

In establishing a disability claim, it is not enough that you provide the abovementioned records and documents. You must also take time in filling out paperwork provided by the SSA. This will help the federal agency understand more about your overall situation as well as help them in deciding if you are eligible for benefits or not.

Here are the three forms that constitute the needed paperwork that you must accomplish and submit together with your medical and employment records:

·         Application for Disability Insurance Benefits (Form SSA-16-F6)

It is important that you fully accomplish this form, as this will inform the SSA that you are applying for SSDI benefits. The form contains basic information, as well as questions that seek brief answers.

·         Adult Disability Report Form (SSA Form 3368-BK)

This 14-page document contains detailed questions that tackle your past employment, educational attainment, medications that you take, and your medical treatment. The first two pages of the document give you instructions on how to fully accomplish the document. The accomplished form will serve as your input in providing the SSA with information regarding your disability and your inability to work.

·         Social Security Disability Medical Authorization (Form SSA-827)

Accomplishing this form means that you are allowing health care providers, educational institutions, insurance providers, and other individuals to provide to the SSA any important records, such as medical documents, necessary for evaluating your claim.