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Home :: FAQ :: Minor Adult Child Claims

Minor (Under Age 18) Children’s And Adult Child ( Age 18-22) Claims

  1. Is there a special process for determining a child’s disability that is different from an adult’s?

  2. Can a minor be considered disabled?

  3. Are a disabled child’s SSI benefits payable prior to the date his or her application is filed?

  4. Under what authority can an ALJ find a child disabled?

  5. What are the steps of analyses involved in determining whether a child is disabled?

  6. What is step two in determining whether a child is disabled?

  7. What does step three entail?

  8. What must the ALJ consider?

  9. What is the purpose of using the “Six Domains” and functionally equaling a listing?

  10. What does an ALJ have to do to make this assessment?

  11. What else does an ALJ have to consider?

  12. What do you mean by a child’s “marked” limitation?

  13. What is an “extreme” limitation?

  14. What must an ALJ do to determine the degree of limitations in each of the “Six Functional Domains”?

  15. How does an ALJ evaluate a child claimant’s symptoms?

  16. What is the first of the six “Functional Domains”?

  17. What is the second of the six “Functional Domains”?

  18. What is the third of the six “Functional Domains”?

  19. What is the fourth of the six “Functional domains”?

  20. What is the fifth of the six “functional domains”?

  21. What is the last of the six “functional domains”?

  22. If a child has only one “marked” limitation and no “severe” ones, can she be found to be disabled?

  23. How is entitlement for Disabled Adult Child’s Benefits made?

  24. How do Marriage and Divorce affect my Adult-child Disability Benefits?

  25. How are Adult Child Benefits Terminated?

  26. How does one prove Re-Entitlement to Childhood Disability Benefits?