How can I get short-term disability benefits?

Short-term disability benefits are generally a matter of agreement between an employer and an employee.  If you were injured on the job while employed by a private company or by a state or local government agency, you should contact your state workers' compensation board. If you are a Federal employee, the Federal Employees' Compensation Act (FECA), administered by the Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP), provides compensation benefits to federal employees for temporary disability due to employment-related injury or disease.

Social Security only pays benefits for total disability, not for partial or short term disabilities. To be considered disabled under Social Security law, you must be unable to do the work you did before, or cannot perform other work because of a medical condition. The disability must also last, or be expected to last, at least one year.

Talk to a Social Security Disability Lawyer to get advice regarding your case, and find out how to get benefit payments.