How Social Security Makes Disability Decisions

Your residual functional capacity (RFC) is an important part of a Social Security disability determination.

Learn how to ask your doctor for help in a way that will support your claim.

Your difficulties with daily personal activities are very helpful to Social Security’s disability determination.

If you are 50 years old or older when applying for Social Security disability, it may be easier for you to get approved for disability benefits than it is for a younger person.

Having a detailed report on your symptoms and limitations from your doctor can make or break your disability case.

If you have strong medical records, you may qualify for disability automatically by meeting the description of an impairment listed in the SSA Blue Book.

Your residual functional capacity (RFC) is an important part of a Social Security disability determination.

Substantial gainful activity is the level of work that a person without a disability can do.

Learn what transferable skills are, which jobs impart transferable skills, and what happens when Social Security says that you can use those skills at another job.