Forum on social security benefits orlando
Q: According to the Social Security Administration, I am one credit short of the number I need to be eligible for benefits. What, exactly, do they mean? A: Social security disability eligibility is a complex system (which is why it's a good idea to work with a social security lawyer). For you to be eligible to be "insured" for SS Disability, you will generally (though not always) need to have earned 20 credits during the last ten years of work. This 10 year rolling period should end when the SSA deems your disability to have started. Unfortunately, due to the combination of rules requiring a certain number of credits for people of a certain age, and a certain number of those credits earned in the last 10 years, not meeting the credit requirements is easy.