Helping People With Disabilities Nationwide
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Social Security Administration has offered claimants three options for how to appear for their disability hearings. Prior to 2020, virtually all hearings before an administrative law judge were held in-person, or at...
Many clients will tell me that they enjoy working, and they loved their last job. Some even think that they could do that previous job, it’s just that they were laid off, or the job moved. While they have medical conditions that affect their ability to work, a bigger...
One of the leading reasons that people apply for disability benefits is a mental health condition such as anxiety, depression, or PTSD. While mental health issues are serious and prevent millions of Americans from working full time, they can also be the most...
If you have diabetes that significantly impacts your ability to work, you may qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income. However, the key point there is that diabetes must affect your ability to work. Simply having a diagnosis...
Many times when I call a client about an upcoming hearing, one of the first things they’ll say to me is that they have a friend or family member that they want to testify on their behalf at their hearing. And most of the time, I strongly recommend against having...
In the vast majority of Social Security disability cases, when an administrative law judge awards a case, that’s the end of it. The claim goes through processing, and after a few weeks or months, the claimant is awarded, and they receive disability benefits...
Something that surprises many people is that you actually are allowed to work while waiting for disability benefits. However, the amounts vary from year to year and can have all sorts of different impacts on a disability claim. Social Security Announces 2025 SGA...
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Social Security disability hearings were held either in-person, or from an approved Social Security remote hearing location with the judge appearing by video, and the claimant and their attorney in another location. If a claimant couldn’t...
One thing in Social Security disability law that can often be just as important as medical conditions, is your work history and whether you are working while seeking benefits. A common misconception among clients is that jobs only “count” if they receive an actual pay...
No matter how strong a disability case looks before a hearing, for reasons that often aren’t even clear to an attorney, administrative law judges deny good cases. When this happens, the first instinct of most clients is to appeal. They feel wronged, and they want to...
An estimated 38 million Americans, or more than 11 percent of the U.S. population suffers from diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And it’s likely that a quarter of those individuals don’t even know that they have it. But as anyone living with...
Assets and income (even if it’s not from working) can have a drastic impact on a disability case, though that can depend a lot on what kind of case you’ve filed and what exactly those assets consist of. Usually, if you own your home, your application for disability...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common, yet complex, mental health diagnosis that many people are familiar with. It usually develops when someone experiences a traumatic event (abuse, combat, a violent attack), often leading to ongoing re-experiencing of...
Of course, when I talk to clients about their disability cases, they want to tell me about their medical conditions. But an unusual feature of the disability system is that in some cases, how and when they performed their past work can actually be more important than...
A few weeks after your disability hearing, you’ll receive a letter in the mail explaining the administrative law judge’s decision. In the best case scenario, it’s a fully favorable decision. Social Security processes your backpay, and you’re able to begin collecting...
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