In June 2017, 8.8 million Americans were receiving disability payments to the sum of $10.3 billion. It is estimated that nearly 62 million Americans will receive approximately $955 billion in Social Security benefits for the entire year of 2017.
Obtaining Social Security disability payments is one of the most difficult financial processes, due in large part to the massive number of fraudulent disability claims attempted every year.
Many applications will be rejected the first time they are filed, which causes many that are genuinely eligible to receive these benefits to become discouraged and even give up filing again.