In our continuing effort to provide information related to Social Security’s new listings on mental impairments we are going to look at changes made to the Neurodevelopmental Disorder listing. And, as just a reminder, Social Security’s set of listings are used in evaluating disability claims judging a condition’s severity and how it limits a person’s… Read more »
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New Intellectual Disorder Listing
In our continuing effort to provide information related to Social Security’s new listings on mental impairments we are going to look at changes made to the Intellectual Disorder Listing. And, as just a reminder, Social Security’s set of listings are used in evaluating disability claims judging a condition’s severity and how it limits a person’s… Read more »
The Rich Live Longer And Get More Social Security Benefits
The National Bureau of Economic Research released a study on increases to life expectancy and Social Security benefits. This study found that although life expectancy for all would slightly increase in the future, it would remain relatively stagnant for people who are in the lowest 40 percent of lifetime earnings. If poorer people will not… Read more »
Playing Into The Myths About Social Security Disability
The Washington Post published an article last month about the growing number of people who are collecting Social Security disability in rural America. The story questioned whether many of these people were disabled or rather just unable to find work so they decided to apply for disability and were usually approved. This is not a… Read more »
The Experts That Appear At Social Security Disability Hearings
In this day and age it seems we need expert advice on a variety of topics where people are becoming more specialized in their given career fields. When it comes to legal cases, whether they involve criminal law, civil law or administrative law, experts are used to provide valuable information in hearings. The Social Security… Read more »
Student Loan Discharge Available For Some Social Security Disability Recipients
Believe it or not the majority of people don’t have any interest in applying for Social Security disability, they would rather work and earn much more money than they would ever receive in Social Security disability payments, but unfortunately applying becomes a necessity of survival for some people. Most people who end up applying for… Read more »
Hearing On Fraud April 26
Numerous times we have reported that the accusations that fraud is running rampant within the Social Security disability program has been proven false, but like the Republican playbook suggests as long as you keep saying something over and over again it doesn’t have to be true for people to start believing it. Considering the Republicans… Read more »
If I Am Approved, How Far Will Social Security Go Back?
The most important part when filing for Social Security starts with the date of application. An applicant can receive benefits back to their date of application and potentially receive retroactive benefits during the year prior to their application date. The second most important factor is the onset date of disability, or when the disability began…. Read more »
Social Security and Unemployment
The days of people collecting Social Security disability and unemployment compensation at the same time may be coming to an end. In July of 2013 the chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security introduced a bill in congress that would keep people from receiving Social Security disability and unemployment payments at the… Read more »
Social Security Disability and On the Record Decisions
It is true that most people who continue to pursue a Social Security disability claim face the probability of going to a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) because they have been previously medically denied on their claim, but some claimants get approved while waiting for that hearing. Social Security always holds the ability… Read more »
