A recent Philadelphia Inquirer article (tinyurl/mt39gto) highlights the extreme difficulties for minors applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI). First, the child is subject to strict limits on the parents assets and income. Second, the child must meet medical eligibility criteria based on the Listings of Severe Impairments, or alternatively functionally meet one of the listings based on a whole child approach (SSR 09-01p-08p). Without knowing more about this particular case, a young child with paralysis to a single, upper extremity would not, on that medical condition alone, meet one of the Listings. Thus, the claimant would need to functionally meet one of the listings. It is paramount in these types of cases to document how the medical conditions impacts every aspect of the claimants daily life. Doctors, therapists, counselors, teachers, family, friends and neighbors are all valid and necessary sources of information.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:31:31 +0000
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