Comments on: Does a felony conviction prevent you from getting disability benefits / SSI? http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/does-a-felony-conviction-prevent-you-from-getting-disability-benefits-ssi/ Published by the Stasiuk Firm PC | In Colorado, Call for a Free Consultation (800) 407-0166 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:44:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: W. Dean Stoner http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/does-a-felony-conviction-prevent-you-from-getting-disability-benefits-ssi/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 W. Dean Stoner Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:39:18 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=1225#comment-1288 I am a two way radio technician. I keep loosing my job, due to a past felony record. The companies do a back ground check, after they hire, and then-when it comes back "fail", they let me go. Since my conviction, I cannot keep a job long. Five years, I kept one, it was the longest.<br>A prison record, when you work as a two way radio technician, when you do service work on the IL State Police repeater sites, and mobile radios, is not good. So-my question is, Does having a felony conviction, and a prison record, which limits you on your job, give you the eligibility for SSI? I am a two way radio technician. I keep loosing my job, due to a past felony record. The companies do a back ground check, after they hire, and then-when it comes back “fail”, they let me go. Since my conviction, I cannot keep a job long. Five years, I kept one, it was the longest.
A prison record, when you work as a two way radio technician, when you do service work on the IL State Police repeater sites, and mobile radios, is not good. So-my question is, Does having a felony conviction, and a prison record, which limits you on your job, give you the eligibility for SSI?

]]> By: TomaszStasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/does-a-felony-conviction-prevent-you-from-getting-disability-benefits-ssi/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 TomaszStasiuk Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:12:33 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=1225#comment-1289 Unfortunately, "hire-ability" is not considered by Social Security in <br>determining whether an individual is eligible for disability.<br><br>In other words, Social Security only looks at whether a person is <br>physically and mentally capable of doing a job, not whether the person <br>will get hired for a job.<br><br>In every case that I have seen, a prison record is a hireability <br>issue, not a disability issue. Unfortunately, “hire-ability” is not considered by Social Security in
determining whether an individual is eligible for disability.

In other words, Social Security only looks at whether a person is
physically and mentally capable of doing a job, not whether the person
will get hired for a job.

In every case that I have seen, a prison record is a hireability
issue, not a disability issue.

]]> By: W. Dean Stoner http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/does-a-felony-conviction-prevent-you-from-getting-disability-benefits-ssi/comment-page-1/#comment-570 W. Dean Stoner Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:39:18 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=1225#comment-570 I am a two way radio technician. I keep loosing my job, due to a past felony record. The companies do a back ground check, after they hire, and then-when it comes back "fail", they let me go. Since my conviction, I cannot keep a job long. Five years, I kept one, it was the longest.<br>A prison record, when you work as a two way radio technician, when you do service work on the IL State Police repeater sites, and mobile radios, is not good. So-my question is, Does having a felony conviction, and a prison record, which limits you on your job, give you the eligibility for SSI? I am a two way radio technician. I keep loosing my job, due to a past felony record. The companies do a back ground check, after they hire, and then-when it comes back “fail”, they let me go. Since my conviction, I cannot keep a job long. Five years, I kept one, it was the longest.
A prison record, when you work as a two way radio technician, when you do service work on the IL State Police repeater sites, and mobile radios, is not good. So-my question is, Does having a felony conviction, and a prison record, which limits you on your job, give you the eligibility for SSI?

]]> By: TomaszStasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/10/does-a-felony-conviction-prevent-you-from-getting-disability-benefits-ssi/comment-page-1/#comment-571 TomaszStasiuk Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:12:33 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=1225#comment-571 Unfortunately, "hire-ability" is not considered by Social Security in <br>determining whether an individual is eligible for disability.<br><br>In other words, Social Security only looks at whether a person is <br>physically and mentally capable of doing a job, not whether the person <br>will get hired for a job.<br><br>In every case that I have seen, a prison record is a hireability <br>issue, not a disability issue. Unfortunately, “hire-ability” is not considered by Social Security in
determining whether an individual is eligible for disability.

In other words, Social Security only looks at whether a person is
physically and mentally capable of doing a job, not whether the person
will get hired for a job.

In every case that I have seen, a prison record is a hireability
issue, not a disability issue.

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