| Correlation Between Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability Benefits |
|
| Workers' compensation and social security disability insurance (SSDI) benefits both aim to help disabled individuals by providing funds for income replacement. Though similar in purpose, the programs diverge in their criteria for the receipt of benefits. Eligibility for workers' compensation benefits requires that the individual be an employee who was injured on the job. In contrast, SSDI benefits are only issued to those individuals who are so severely disabled by a medically determinable impairment that they cannot engage in any substantial gainful activity. Additionally, to be declared eligible for SSDI benefits, an individual must have worked long enough to be "insured" and must not have reached a certain age. More... |
|
|
| Standard of Conduct for Representatives of Social Security Claimants |
|
| Those individuals undertaking to represent a social security claimant, whether an attorney or a non-attorney, must adhere to a certain standard of conduct. In particular, representatives appearing on behalf of a claimant before the Social Security Administration (SSA) must comply with the SSA's Rules of Conduct and Standards of Responsibility for Representatives (Rules of Conduct). More... |
|
|
| Social Security Benefits |
|
| Generally, all states provide a measure of rehabilitation for an injured worker though the expansiveness of such provision can vary greatly among them. Although rehabilitation is generally covered, the system for providing the injured worker with such services has been hampered by a lack of rehabilitative sources such as clinics and appropriate numbers of personnel to provide the necessary care. More... |
|
|
| Impairment Meets or Equals Listing of Impairments for Social Security Disability Evaluation |
|
| In the sequential evaluation of disability by the Social Security Administration (SSA), a major step is whether the individual has a condition that meets the twelve-month duration requirement and that is represented on the Social Security Administration's Listing of Impairments (LOI) or equal to a listed impairment. The LOI is divided into two parts. One part applies to individuals over age eighteen and one part is applicable to individuals under eighteen. More... |
|
|
| Workers' Compensation |
|
| Workers' compensation is an employer-provided benefit that exists to aid an employee or his dependents in the event that the employee is injured or killed on the job. Workers' compensation is governed by each state's laws, but the general consensus is that eligibility for such benefits turns on whether the employee suffered an accidental injury that arose out of and in the course of his employment or an occupational disease. More... |
|
|