The Social Security Administration is an active participant in the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). The mission of the USICH is to “coordinate the Federal response to homelessness and to create a national partnership at every level of government and with the private sector to reduce and end homelessness in the nation while maximizing the effectiveness of… Read more »
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What is the difference between the Social Security Administration Field Office and Disability Determination Services?
Many clients call and are confused between the two departments. Most Social Security disability claims are initially processed through a local Social Security Administration field office (DO) such as applications and appeals. Social Security representatives in the field offices usually obtain applications for disability benefits in person, by telephone, by mail, or by filing online. The field… Read more »
Overpayments Are Sometimes Part Of The Process
Disabled workers who have been through the Social Security disability ringer know all too well that qualifying for either Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplement Security Income (SSI) payments can be a monumental task. Considering this is the case, it may be difficult to believe that sometimes Social Security actually overpays people and then… Read more »
Social Security Will Resume Mailing Benefit Statements This Month
Assisting applicants with Social Security disability claims has provided the opportunity to inform many people that Social Security no longer mails paper statements of earnings to individuals, a practice that stopped in 2011. The measure wan enacted to save Social Security $70 million annually (SSA estimates 50 cents per mailed statement), but due to a… Read more »
Social Security Considers Impairments To Be A Combo Platter
The disabled worker knows their disabilities and how their disabilities impact the ability to work better than most and sometimes better than their own doctor. Unfortunately, one thing many disabled workers do not realize is Social Security must consider all your impairments and how they interact and prevent you from being gainfully employed. The law… Read more »
Compassionate Allowances for Social Security
The Compassionate Allowances is a program created by Social Security to grant benefits quickly and efficiently to individuals who are disabled. It allows the Social Security Administration to make a determination based on limited medical information to decide whether the applicant meets the Listing of Impairments. The conditions that qualify for Compassionate Allowances are determined… Read more »
Social Security Announces New Compassionate Allowance
Earlier this month the Social Security Administration announced it would add 25 new illnesses to it list of Compassionate Allowance conditions, related to proving applicants with monthly Social Security disability benefits. Conditions listed under Social Security’s Compassionate Allowance programs are conditions where Social Security is supposed to expedite the processing of disability claim because the… Read more »
Estimating Your Social Security Benefits
Applicants who apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits always want to know how much of a benefit they will receive each month if Social Security ultimately finds them disabled. There is not a precise way to determine monthly disability amounts online, but there is a way to estimate full retirement benefits, which end… Read more »
Osteoarthritis and Social Security Disability
When evaluating a claim for Social Security disability, it’s not a specific condition that makes more of a difference in whether a claim is successful, but how that condition impacts an applicant’s ability to work. It is true that certain conditions, mainly life-threatening conditions, are supposed to automatically qualify you for either Social Security Disability… Read more »
Payment Waiting Period for SSDI Benefits
The Social Security disability process is littered with emotional highs and lows. One example is the five-month waiting period disabled workers are faced with when they are approved for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Many times Social Security disability applicants express a sigh of relief when they find out they are approved for SSDI, but… Read more »
