The Social Security Administration (SSA) is in the process of compiling and updating a list of conditions which automatically qualify you as disabled.

The current list is comprised primarily of certain cancers, dementia disorders, and rare diseases which are expected to be terminal or which otherwise clearly cause those who suffer from them to be disqualified according to the SSA’s disability standards.

When you first contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) regarding applying for Social Security disability benefits, they will set an appointment for you to meet with a representative.

This appointment is usually in person, but may be conducted over the telephone or via video conference in some circumstances. Before your scheduled appointment, the SSA will send you an Adult Disability Starter Kit.

Approximately 3.8 percent of the nearly 2.5 million residents living in the State of Oregon receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). To qualify for Social Security disability benefits in Oregon, you need to meet the SSA's established guidelines for disability, work credits, and or income.

The truth is, while the initial application process does only take a few months to complete, very few Oregon Social Security Disability applicants are actually awarded benefits during the initial stage of the application process.

This year alone, South Carolina Social Security Disability applicants will file thousands of claims for disability benefits. These applicants often expect to be approved for benefits in a matter of months. Unfortunately, that is rarely the case. While the initial application process does only take three to four months to complete, the majority of initial disability claims are denied by the Social Security Administration.

There are nearly four million residents living in the State of Tennessee. Approximately 5.7 percent of these residents receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Each and every year, thousands more will apply for benefits due to a long-term or permanent disability. Unfortunately, the majority of these applicants will be denied disability benefits during the initial stage of the application process.

There are more than 3.5 million residents living in the State of Wisconsin. Approximately four percent of these residents receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). This year alone, there will be thousands more Wisconsin residents applying for Social Security Disability benefits. While the initial application process only takes Wisconsin Social Security Disability applicants approximately three months to complete, the majority of these claimants are denied during the initial application stage.

Kentucky is home to millions of hard-working residents who pay taxes into the Social Security System from each paycheck they receive. When these residents are faced with a long-term or permanent disability, they assume that Social Security Disability benefits will be provided to them. Of the nearly three million residents who make Kentucky their home, approximately 7.3 percent receive Social Security Disability payments each month.

There are approximately 3.6 million residents living in the State of Missouri. Of these residents, approximately 5.4 percent receive disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). This year alone, there will be thousands of new Missouri Social Security Disability claims. If history is any indication of future approval rates, the SSA will deny nearly 70 percent of the new applications it receives. To make matters worse, more than 80 percent of applicants will also be denied during the first stage of the disability appeal process.

In Maryland, nearly seventy percent of the disability claims received by the SSA will be denied during the initial stage of the application process. This means that about two-thirds of the applicants who apply for disability benefits in Maryland will need to pursue the lengthy and complicated disability appeal process in order to obtain the benefits they may be rightfully entitled to. The majority of applicants must undergo a disability hearing before an administrative law judge in order to obtain the disability benefits they need.

More than 3 million people live in the State of Colorado. Of these three million residents, approximately 2.8 percent receive monthly disability benefits from the Social Security Administration (SSA). Each year, thousands of new Colorado Social Security Disability applicants will submit new disability claims to the SSA. Unfortunately, nearly 70 percent of these claims will be denied. These applicants will then need to undergo the lengthy and complicated disability appeal process in order to obtain the benefits they may be entitled to.