SSD – Social Security Disability Process And Benefits

The sudden death of a spouse can be emotionally and financially devastating.It's even worse if you're disabled and unable to work when your spouse is gone.Many people are familiar with survivor benefits, which they can start collecting at age 60. However, a disabled...

On August 9, 2007, Social Security Administration issued a rule authorizing some attorney advisors to review case files and issue fully favorable decisions "on the record" (OTR), where the evidence in its entirety warrants disability. The practice was originally...

The answers is, it depends. It depends on your marital status and household income. If you are a single person receiving disability benefits exclusively, you don't necessarily have to file taxes. It is unlikely you have reached the threshold, which is $25,000....

The unfortunate truth of the Social Security disability system is that which judge hears your case can have the biggest impact on whether your application for benefits is approved. The site disabilityjudges.com keeps track of the award rates of every administrative...

If you're on Social Security Disability or are interested in obtaining benefits in the future, changes to the Social Security Administration's (SSA) budget could affect you. The SSA's proposed 2019 budget is going to be smaller than in the past. It would result in...

Understandably, the biggest criticism claimants have of the Social Security Administration is the lengthy waits for a decision. It's not unusual for claimants in some states to wait more than two years to get a hearing before an administrative law judge and then...

Many claimants with a pending disability application understand that it gets easier to be approved for benefits after age 50.While the exact specifications of these "grid rules" can get rather technical, they basically work like this: let's say a 50-year-old woman...

At midnight on Saturday, January 20, the federal government began procedures to rollback services for many agencies, the effect of a partial government shutdown.And by Monday, January 22, the shutdown was already over with little interruption in services. There is,...

Depending on where you're located, it can take more than two years from the date of filing a disability application to get a hearing and decision from an administrative law judge. Unfortunately, many claimants suffer from illnesses so severe that they simply cannot...

The answer depends on what kind of benefit you are applying for. There are two disability benefits. Disability Insured Benefits (DIB, sometimes called Social Security Disability SSD or SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The main different is that DIB...

The short answer is a lack of funding for the Social Security Administration from Congress. Office of Hearings Operations (OHO) have not had an increase in funding in many years. SSA officials have told Congress that they need more Social Security Administrative Law...

At the end of most Social Security Disability hearings a vocational expert will testify. This is a person who has experience placing people in jobs. This person usually has gone to school and has received a degree in rehabilitation or counseling. This person also...

Social Security Administration has a longstanding commitment to treating members of the public and staff with dignity and respect. While some may find the application process frustrating, claimants and their appointed representatives are also required to show "due...

You may have stopped working, but the cost of living has not stopped rising. In the 1970s, inflation was so high that Congress ratified a provision to make periodic cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to the amounts distributed among pension benefits and government...