QUESTION
Can I file for SSDI in Guam?
Asked on Nov 06th, 2018 on Social Security Disability - North Dakota
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I’m temporarily in the Philippines. I need to apply for SSDI. I was diagnosed with advanced arthritis in or about 2000. I applied for SS benifits on or around 2000. I think I was approved but the benefit amount was so little I could not live off it. I continued to work till August 2018. Over the years the mobility and pain have increased. I can no longer work! And have difficulty walking or standing. Advanced arthritis in my ankle joint. No cartilage at all. Very little mobility and severe pain. I do have old medical records at the hospital where surgery was performed. If I were to get new x rays here in the Philippines, would SS accept them? Please email for initial response
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SSDI and Social Security retirement benefits -- but not Supplemental Security Income -- are payable abroad.
I know of no rule excluding medical records obtained abroad.
If your local Social Security office is Guam, that is where you should apply.
Answered on Nov 07th, 2018 at 5:07 AM
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