The date in which Social Security considers a Social Security disability claimant disabled and entitled to benefits will determine whether a fully favorable decision is issued or a partially favorable decision. On the initial disability application a claimant will be asked when the claimant became unable to maintain full-time work and typically this will be… Read more »
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All That Can Happen While Waiting For Disability Decision
The Social Security Disability program is a crucial asset that provides income to disabled workers who are unable to maintain full-time employment due to impairments, but because the process to obtain benefits can be long and drawn out there are many pitfalls that claimants can’t avoid before benefits are approved. The first problem is that… Read more »
Know Which Kinds Of Financial Assistance Can Impact Your SSI Payments
Social Security announced a while ago it was changing its rules regarding eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments so that beneficiaries would not be penalized for receiving Economic Impact Payments (EIP) and other kinds of financial support. The SSI program provides monthly benefits to individuals who are retired or disabled who meet strict financial… Read more »
Social Security Offices Now Open
On Monday April 4, 2022 the Social Security Administration issued a press release announcing that Social Security offices would be reopening again after more than a two-year closure. Since March of 2020 Social Security offices have been closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Security officially opened its doors to customers again… Read more »
Payment Accuracy And Debt Collection
Social Security recently released a wish list of initiatives if it gets an increase in funding, something President Joe Biden is backing. Biden wants to increase Social Security funding by close to 10 percent and part of the increased funding would be spent on improving payment accuracy on benefits and an enhanced debt collection system…. Read more »
What Is the Earnings Requirement for SSDI?
One of the more bewildering aspects of government benefits is where they draw the line in terms of income limits. How much do you earn before Social Security decides that you are self-supporting and don’t need the benefits? Let’s break this down. What is the Upper Limit? Let’s start with the simple answer. You qualify… Read more »
Loan Discharge Update
Getting rid of student loan debt is no easy task for anyone, but consider the possibility of a worker becoming unable to work due to a medical impairment and having no way to make payments without steady income, something that has happened to millions of Americans. Discharging student loan debt is possible, not easy, but… Read more »
The Latest With Social Secuirty
We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »
SSI And The Marriage Penalty
Each year Social Security beneficiaries brace for the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in the fall to find out what sort of increase in benefits they will receive the following year. Married couples who both receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) already know that their combined benefit amount will be less than two individuals in the same… Read more »
Who Decides If You Are Disabled?
Social Security has a strict definition of disability. That definition is “inability to do any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12… Read more »
