Results in the inability to do any substantial gainful activity and If you are age 18 or older we may consider you “disabled” if you have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment (including an emotional or learning problem) which: See SSI FOR CHILDREN and IF YOU ARE DISABLED OR BLIND for more information on the childhood disability evaluation. If you are age 18 or older, the adult definition of disability explained below applies. Has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.

Results marked and severe functional limitations and If you are under age 18 we may consider you “disabled” if you have a medically determinable physical or mental impairment, (including an emotional or learning problem) that: See the definitions of disability for children and adults below. If you have a visual impairment, but are not blind according to our rules as defined above, you may still be eligible for SSI benefits on the basis of disability. You have a visual field limitation in your better eye, such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees. You have a central visual acuity for distance of 20/200 or less in your better eye with use of a correcting lens or WHAT IS 'BLINDNESS?īlindness in our disability programs means: Gives SSA permission to contact any financial institution and request any financial records about you Is not confined to an institution (such as a hospital or prison) at the government’s expense Īpplies for any other cash benefits or payments for which he or she may be eligible, (for example, pensions, Social Security benefits) Is not absent from the 50 States, the District of Columbia, or the Northern Mariana Islands for a full calendar month or for 30 consecutive days or more. Is a resident of one of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, or the Northern Mariana Islands In general, an alien who is subject to an active warrant for deportation or removal does not meet the noncitizen requirement.

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