What kinds of injuries are covered by Social Security?
<p>I am injured (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/@40.226143,-74.010427,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!14m4!1m3!1m2!1s116647982166856941576!2s0x0:0x378cebad53d3cd2f?hl=en-US" rel="nofollow noreferrer">by sports injury</a>) but was <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/reviews/@40.3536779,-74.0639766,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!14m4!1m3!1m2!1s116647982166856941576!2s0x0:0xfe73b6ff732230da?hl=en-US" rel="nofollow noreferrer">called schizophrenic</a>.  I am a bartender, otherwise I will not take fraud as income. For this I looked into the 2018 National Beneficiary Survey (next one estimated release 2023) that says of 4062 reporters <strong>35.4% are mentally ill, 5.2% with developmental disability, and 14.9% are injured</strong> (or poisoned) in 2015. For a picture of the <strong>Musculoskeletally-disordered of 42.1%</strong>, we can use the <a href="https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/social-security-disability-insurance-0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Center on Budget and Policy Priorities</a> <a href="https://www.cbpp.org/typical-disabled-worker-is-over-50-and-has-severe-mental-musculoskeletal-or-other-impairment-2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">reports</a> to get an age-related image. So, other than age, what injuries constitute a proper claim? Is it only when something (1) falls on you (2) on the job?</p>
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<p>The Social Security Administration only provides benefits for what has been termed as <em>total disability</em>, which can be broadly described as the long-term, indefinite ability to work. Short-term injuries, which impair your ability to work for a finite period, or impair your ability to perform your current job but would still allow you to work generally, are covered by benefits such as short-term disability insurance and/or unemployment.</p>
<p>From the <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/disability/qualify.html#anchor2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">SSA web site</a>:</p>
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<p>We consider you to have a qualifying disability under Social Security
rules if all the following are true:</p>
<ul>
<li>You cannot do work and engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA)
because of your medical condition.</li>
<li>You cannot do work you did
previously or adjust to other work because of your medical condition.</li>
<li>Your condition has lasted or is expected to last for at least one year
or to result in death.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is a strict definition of disability. Social Security program rules assume that working families have access to other resources to provide support during periods of short-term disabilities, including workers' compensation, insurance, savings, and investments.</p>
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