SSDI and SSI Claims

Legal Representation for Your Social Security Claims

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) pays benefits to you and certain members of your family if you are “insured,” meaning that you have worked long enough and paid your Social Security taxes. As the name implies the benefit is something that you have earned. Social Security uses a particular definition of disability. It pays only for total disability. No benefits are payable for partial disability or for short-term disability.

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a needs-based program funded by general tax revenues (not Social Security taxes). Sometimes known as "The Safety Net,” it helps aged, blind, and disabled people who have little or no income and do not have enough recent work credits to qualify for SSDI. It provides cash to meet basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter.

Attorney Stephen P. Maguire is a Social Security claims lawyer who can get you the disability benefits you deserve. He is licensed in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.

Call Maguire Disability Law today at (401) 781-7700 and talk to Laurie to request a free consultation and claim evaluation. We have answers to all your questions about applying for disability.

Different Ways You May Qualify for Disability Benefits

Do You Have a Work-Preventing Disability?

Qualifying for disability benefits through the SSDI or SSI program requires proof of an inability to work FULL-TIME for ONE YEAR or more due to a mental or physical impairment, or combination of impairments. These impairments must be severe enough that they have prevented you (or are likely to prevent you) from performing work tasks on a regular full-time basis.

As a Social Security claims law firm, we've helped thousands of people get the benefits they deserve. Some clients had chronic pain from a back injury or neck injury. We’ve also helped clients who had suffered heart attacks or strokes. Some had multiple sclerosis, seizure disorders, hepatitis, kidney disease, Crohn’s disease, fibromyalgia, or chronic fatigue.

Pain that is serious enough to limit your capacity to lift and carry, sit and stand, or concentrate for extended periods of time affects your ability to keep a regular full-time work schedule. Your inability to work may stem from a work injury or an auto accident. The cause of the impairment does not matter. The impact on your ability to work is what counts.

Some of our clients have no physical impairments, but live with one or more mental impairments: depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, or an anxiety or panic disorder. These clients often find it impossible to get out of the house on a regular basis. Some mental disorders prevent some people from getting along with their supervisors or co-workers. These people lose job after job due to arguments, fights, poor performance, or by being chronically late or absent.

Attorney Stephen P. Maguire is a social security claims lawyer licensed in RI, MA, and CT.