Is My Child Eligible To Receive Disability Benefits?

SSI makes monthly payments to individuals with low income and limited resources who are 65 or older, or blind or impaired. Your child younger than age 18 can qualify if she or he meets Social Security’s definition of disability for kids, and if his or her income and resources fall inside the eligibility limits. The amount of Missouri's SSI payment is distinctive from other states since some states add to the SSI payment.

When it is decided if your child may get SSI, they consider your child’s income and resources. We also look at the income and resources of family members living in the child’s residence. These rules apply if your child lives at home. They also apply if he or she is away at school but comes back home from time to time and is susceptible to your control.

If your child’s income and means, or the income and resources of family members residing in the child’s household, are greater than the total authorized, they'll deny the child’s application for SSI payments.

SSI rules about disability:
Your child must meet all of the following requirements to be considered disabled and therefore allowed SSI:

The child ought not to be working and earning greater than $1,070 per month in 2014. (This earnings amount usually changes each year.) If he or she is working and earning that much money, it will be found that your child is not handicapped.

The child will need to have a physical or mental condition, or a mixture of conditions, that causes “marked and severe functional limitations. This means the condition(s) must very greatly limit your child’s activities.

The child’s condition(s) must have been debilitating, or be anticipated to be debilitating, for a minimum of twelve months; or needs to be likely to cause death. If your child’s condition(s) leads to “marked and severe functional limitations” for a minimum of twelve continuous months, it will be found that your child is disabled. But if it doesn't trigger those limitations, or doesn't cause those limitations for at least twelve months, it will likely be found that your child is not disabled.

The process and qualifications can be complex and frustrating to have to go through in great detail. Visit the offices of Kassin and Carrow and see what we can do to help you receive the benefits that you need!