Eligibility Requirements For Social Security Disability Insurance

The requirements to qualify for SSDI benefits are:

The Worker or Relation: The disabled person must be the worker, or a spouse, widow/er or child of the worker. The worker is known as the "covered worker."

1. Work Credits: A covered worker must have accumulated the necessary number of "work credits" that end in the year the disability starts.
2. Fit the Social Security definition of "disabled".
3. Date Late Insured: In addition, the disability must start before the end of the "date last insured" (DLI).

For information about each of these subjects, see:

• Disability As Defined By Social Security
• Family Members Who Are Eligible for Social Security Benefits
• Work credits
• • What Is A Work Credit?
  • How Many Work Credits Are Needed?
  • How Do I Check On How Many Work Credits I Have?
• What Does Unable To Work Mean To Social Security?
• What If I'm Still Working?
• What Is A Provable Medical Condition?
• Duration Of The Disabling Condition
• Date Last Insured