Filling Out the Function Report

A Function Report isn’t required for every application, but it can only strengthen your application. We recommend filling one out. You can complete and submit the Function Report through your MySSA account, and we recommend doing that.

To complete a submit a form through your MySSA account, log in and choose “Upload Documents”

This is a screenshot from the MySSA portal, showing your options to navigate in the portal.

Then, type the name of the form you’re looking for in the search bar.

This screen shot shows the “upload documents” option within the MySSA portal, where you can search for forms to submit.

You can also ask someone who knows about your disability and how it impacts you, like a family member or caregiver, to complete a Third Party Function Report. You cannot submit the Third Party Function Report through your MySSA account.

If you are helping someone apply, and that person doesn’t have a way to communicate and cannot fill out a Function Report themselves, use the Third Party Function Report only.

The Function Report and the Third Party Function Report each have 5 sections.

Section A: General Information.

This is straightforward. Provide your personal information and information about your living situation.

Section B: Information about Your Illnesses, Injuries, or Conditions

Use your narrative about the impact of the disability to complete this section. Make sure to use language from the Listing of Impairments when you describe how your disability impacts you in your daily life.

Section C: Information about Daily Activities

Use your narrative about the impact of the disability to complete this section. Remember that the purpose of this form is to show how the disability impacts your daily functioning. In every answer, address the impact of the disability on your daily functioning.

Section D: Information about Abilities

Section E: Remarks

Use this section to provide any additional information you didn’t include elsewhere.

Tip: Think about the hardest day you’ve had in the last 6 months. What made that day so hard? What were the struggles and challenges on that day? Fill out the Function Report based on that hardest day in the last 6 months.

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To Do: Complete the Function Report; do this in your MySSA account, if possible.

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To Do: If you have a family member or friend who can speak to your daily functioning, ask them to fill out Third Party Function Report. This can’t be submitted online.

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