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Types of Benefits

Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) were implemented to give people some help when they need it. Many people suffer an injury while on the job, which makes it difficult or impossible for them to work. However, when it comes to understanding Maryland Social Security SSI and SSDI benefits, there is no substitute for the assistance of an experienced Maryland Social Security disability insurance lawyer. Baltimore Social Security disability attorney Steven H. Heisler has been helping people receive SSI and SSDI benefits since 1996. If you have had a claim denied or feel that you are not receiving all the benefits that you are entitled to receive under the law, Maryland SSI and SSDI benefits lawyer Steven H. Heisler can help.

Types of Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI)

A Maryland Social Security SSI benefits lawyer like Mr. Heisler can provide a much better explanation of the different types of SSI benefits. We thought it would be helpful to give readers a brief overview of SSI benefits. There are two main types of SSI benefits:

  • Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI)
    SSI benefits are available for people who are disabled and poor, regardless of whether or not they have worked in the past. SSI benefits can make the difference between being able to manage one’s affairs and being destitute.
  • SSI Child Disability Benefits
    These benefits help disabled children aged 17 or younger by providing financial support. Disability in a child’s claim is determined differently from how an adult’s disability claim is evaluated. For children to qualify, they must have severe functional limitations due to a mental or physical condition. For more information on SSI, please contact Maryland Social Security Insurance lawyer Steven H. Heisler.

Types of Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (SSDI)

Maryland Social Security Disability Insurance benefits may be provided for people who have been able to work full time in the past, but now suffer from a disability, which prevents them from being able to work. In most cases, people who have been able to work for at least five out of the last ten years, but are now disabled may be able to file a claim for Maryland SSDI benefits. Brief explanations of SSDI benefits include:

  • Child SSDI Benefits
    Children of qualified disabled parents listed on the parent’s Social Security record may receive SSDI benefits. To qualify, the child must be under 18 years of age or between the ages of 18 and 19 and enrolled in school full-time in grade twelve or less.
  • Disabled Widow’s and Widower’s Benefits
    If someone is at least 50 years old and becomes disabled within seven years of the death of a spouse, he or she may qualify to receive SSDI benefits under the deceased’s Social Security account.

Maryland Social Security Disability Attorney

There are many stipulations and qualifications that people must meet before they qualify to receive Maryland Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, and the wording of these rules can seem quite confusing and contradictory. Baltimore Social Security disability lawyer Steven H. Heisler can explain these rules in plain language and has been helping people with disabilities receive their SSI or SSDI benefits since 1996. For more information, contact attorney Steven H. Heisler today.

Attorney Steve Heisler

Steve Heisler decided in 1996 that he was going to focus his law practice exclusively on injury cases. Since then, he has been representing injured people against insurance companies, disreputable medical practitioners and Big Pharma, and doing it with compassion, honesty and level-headed rationality. [ Attorney Bio ]