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This is Form SSA-3381. You will want to gather the information listed in the Disability Starter Kit prior to proceeding with your application. This will make the application process easier to complete.  \n2 nd Step APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS, Form SSA-16-BK is the next form to be filled out and turned in to SSA. This form can be filled out on-line, and in fact SSA prefers that it be filled out on-line. SSA states that on-line forms can be processed quicker than paper forms. As of November, 2008, Form SSA-16-BK contains 33 numbered sections for the applicant to complete. Most of these sections request basic demographic information about the applicant.  \n3 rd Step DISABILITY REPORT – ADULT – Form SSA-3368-BK is the next form that you will need to fill out. This form has 9 sections. It requests information about your diagnosis, asks questions about your condition related to work, asks questions about what you are able to still do functionally (e.g.-lifting, carrying), and among other things, asks about your medications, doctor(s), and your medical records. The majority of the rest of this form will serve as a PDspecific guide as to how to complete this form. The goal of this guide is to make it easier for you the patient to fill out Form SSA-3368-BK and to increase the chances you win your claim for disability at the application level so you do not have to appeal. Please, note this is only a guide, and is written from the perspective of a patient filling out the form. There are many manners in which you can fill this form out, and you will need to take the language presented here and alter it to fit you. Feel free to use the parts of this guide that apply to you and your condition, and disregard the portions that do not apply to you.  \nSection 1 – INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISABLED PERSON  \nQuestions A-I are all self-explanatory.  \nSection 2 – YOUR ILLNESSES, INJURIES OR CONDITIONS AND HOW THEY AFFECT YOU  \nQuestions in this section are lettered A-J.  \nA. What are the illnesses, injuries, or conditions that limit your ability to work? Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative brain disorder for which there is no cure. My symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are significant rigidity, bradykinesia and/or tremor in my   (list all extremities) which makes it so   (here describe how this impacts your gross and dexterous movements and/or your gait and station here. Highlight whether this impact is sustained and how rigidity, bradykinesia, and tremor disturb your gross and dexterous movements) . (*Federal disability claims people require that the rigidity, bradykinesia, and/or tremor affect at least 2 extremities) . My symptoms are physical and I have significant difficulty with   (Describe this here.  \nExamples: clumsiness, lose balance frequently, awkward gait, falls, dyskinesia, drop things) . My symptoms have also been mental and emotional and show up as   (Describe these here. Some examples are: difficulty with concentration so I cannot finish even simple tasks, attention, memory, sequential organization, and multi-tasking irritability, loss of social inhibitions, confusion, apathy, and significant depression) . Symptoms will continue to get worse until I can’t walk, talk or swallow any more, and dementia will eventually set in.  \nB. How do your illnesses, injuries, or conditions limit your ability to work?  \nIncreasing forgetfulness and loss of short-term memory make it almost impossible for me to perform even routine tasks (if this applies to you) . Any stress caused by due-dates or schedules exacerbates my symptoms and makes my symptoms more exaggerated than they alread","cbCaidURvUqtP8hz","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidURvUqtP8hz","pdf",502012,"English","# SSD Application Guide Steps\n## Disability Starter Kit (Form SSA-3381)\n## Application for Disability Insurance Benefits (Form SSA-16-BK)\n## Disability Report – Adult (Form SSA-3368-BK)\n## Section 1: Information About the Disabled Person\n## Section 2: Illnesses, Injuries or Conditions and How They Affect You","[{\"question\":\"What is this guide for, and what program is it not for?\",\"answer\":\"It guides patients applying for Federal Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits. 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