Social Security disability
Disability benefits in West Virginia
Social Security rules are the same in every state. This page covers what is different in West Virginia: who decides your claim, state money added to SSI, Medicaid, hearings and free help.
You have 60 days to appeal each decision, plus 5 days for mail.
Who decides your claim in West Virginia?
Disability Determination Section (DDS)
This state office decides if you are disabled for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). It does this for the Social Security Administration. Social Security checks the other rules, like work credits and income.
- Part of
- West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS)
Offices
- Charleston office
- Clarksburg office
Does West Virginia add money to SSI?
West Virginia does not add a cash supplement to SSI. If you get SSI and live in an adult family care home or personal care home, the state may pay the home for some care services for you (Adult Services Program). That payment goes to the home, not to you, and it does not count as income for SSI.
Medicaid in West Virginia
If you get SSI in West Virginia, you are automatically eligible for Medicaid. You should get a medical card from the West Virginia Department of Human Services. You do not need a separate Medicaid application.
- Program
- West Virginia Medicaid
- Medicaid agency
- West Virginia Department of Human Services, Bureau for Medical Services
https://bms.wv.gov/members/applying-healthcare
1-877-716-1212 (DoHS Customer Service Center)
Medicaid for working people with disabilities: Medicaid Work Incentive (M-WIN)
M-WIN is Medicaid for people with disabilities who work. You must be 16 to 65, meet Social Security's disability rule and have a job. Your total gross income must be at or below 250% of the federal poverty level. Your unearned income must be at or below the SSI payment level. The asset limit is $2,000 for one person or $3,000 with a spouse, but some assets are not counted. You pay a $50 enrollment fee and a monthly premium based on your income. Coverage may continue for a while if you lose your job or your condition improves.
Medicare Savings Programs
West Virginia's Medicare Premium Assistance programs (QMB, SLMB, QI-1) help pay Medicare premiums. Apply with the Medicare Premium Assistance Application. https://bms.wv.gov/members/applying-healthcare
State disability and paid leave in West Virginia
West Virginia has no state-run short-term disability or paid medical leave program listed here.
Hearing offices and federal court in West Virginia
3 hearing offices serve West Virginia. Hearing office locator (Social Security)
Charleston, WV Hearing Office
Hearing office
- Address
- Suite 100, 500 Quarrier Street, Charleston, WV 25301
- Phone
- (888) 527-9325
- Fax
- (833) 574-0712
Huntington, WV Hearing Office
Hearing office
- Address
- Chase Bank Building, 1000 5th Avenue, Suite 300, Huntington, WV 25701
- Phone
- (866) 592-1607
- Fax
- (833) 789-0403
Morgantown, WV Hearing Office
Hearing office
- Address
- Suite FS1, 5000 Greenbag Road, Morgantown, WV 26501-7236
- Phone
- (877) 405-9197
- Fax
- (833) 796-0375
Federal district court
If you appeal to federal court, you file in the district court that covers your county.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Court help for people without a lawyer
Counties covered (32)
- Barbour
- Berkeley
- Braxton
- Brooke
- Calhoun
- Doddridge
- Gilmer
- Grant
- Hampshire
- Hancock
- Hardy
- Harrison
- Jefferson
- Lewis
- Marion
- Marshall
- Mineral
- Monongalia
- Morgan
- Ohio
- Pendleton
- Pleasants
- Pocahontas
- Preston
- Randolph
- Ritchie
- Taylor
- Tucker
- Tyler
- Upshur
- Webster
- Wetzel
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Court help for people without a lawyer
Counties covered (23)
- Boone
- Cabell
- Clay
- Fayette
- Greenbrier
- Jackson
- Kanawha
- Lincoln
- Logan
- McDowell
- Mason
- Mercer
- Mingo
- Monroe
- Nicholas
- Putnam
- Raleigh
- Roane
- Summers
- Wayne
- Wirt
- Wood
- Wyoming
Free help in West Virginia
Protection & Advocacy agency (P&A)
Disability Rights of West Virginia
- Phone
- 304-346-0847 (voice/TDD; toll-free 800-950-5250)
- Website
- https://www.drofwv.org/
Legal aid
- Legal Aid of West Virginia · 1-866-255-4370
https://legalaidwv.org/
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR)
West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services (DRS)
- Phone
- 1-800-642-8207
- Website
- https://wvdrs.org/
Good to know in West Virginia
- West Virginia does not add state money to SSI checks. For SSI recipients in adult family care or personal care homes, the state may pay the home directly for care services. (POMS SI PHI00815.050)
- If you get SSI in West Virginia, you get Medicaid automatically and should receive a medical card. (WV Bureau for Medical Services)
- West Virginia's disability claims (SSDI and SSI) are handled at DDS offices in Charleston and Clarksburg. (WV DRS)
More RobinClaim guides for West Virginia → · All states
Sources
- WV DRS - Disability Determination
- SSA POMS SI 01415.058 - Federally Administered Optional Supplementary Payment Programs for January 2026 (West Virginia not listed)
- SSA POMS SI PHI00815.050 - Adult Services Program Payments (West Virginia)
- SSA POMS SI 01715.010 - Medicaid and the SSI Program
- WV BMS - Applying for Healthcare
- WV BFA - Medicaid and Medicaid for Long Term Care
- WV BFA - Medicaid Eligibility and Requirements fact sheet
- WV Division of Rehabilitation Services
- WV ABLE
- NDRN - Member Agencies (West Virginia)
- LSC - Our Grantees
- Legal Aid of West Virginia
- 28 U.S.C. §129 - West Virginia (govinfo)
- Social Security: office locator
- Social Security: hearing office locator
Last checked: November 2026