Social Security Disability - Disabled Child's Benefits

A person under the age of eighteen who has a physical or mental condition that causes marked and severe functional limitations that has lasted or can be expected to last for at least one year or is expected to result in death, may be entitled to Supplemental Security Income disability benefits.

A disabled child's benefits stop the month before the child reaches eighteen, unless the child remains unmarried and is either disabled or is a full-time elementary or secondary school student. A child can receive benefits until age nineteen if he or she continues to be a full-time elementary or secondary school student. When a student's nineteenth birthday occurs during a school term, benefits can be continued up to two months to allow completion of the term. A disabled child can continue to receive benefits after age eighteen if he or she has a physical or mental condition expected to last a year and which prevents gainful work. Benefits apply to stepchildren, adopted children, and under certain cases of dependency, grandchildren. The parent or guardian of the disabled child must apply for the disabled child at a local Social Security Administration office. The local office has application forms and details about the claims process.

If you have questions about your claim, or in the event that your claim is denied, you should contact Wolf & Hogan immediately!

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