Helping People With Disabilities Nationwide
Assembly line workers in Minnesota perform difficult work to earn a living. With such demanding tasks, repetitive motion injuries are common. What are repetitive motion injuries? Repetitive motion injuries, often called repetitive stress injuries, are neurological...
When an individual suffers a serious injury and is unable to earn a living, Social Security Disability Insurance benefits may be available. Although having an SSDI benefits application denied can be gut-wrenching, it happens frequently. Reportedly, over 65% of initial...
Mining is one of the biggest industries in northern Minnesota. It’s also one of the most dangerous. In February of this year, a conveyor system collapsed on a pile of taconite pellets at the Mountain Iron mine. According to reports, the structural failure was a known...
In recent years, the Social Security Administration has gotten better about reviewing cases that meet its criteria for dire need. These are typically cases where a claimant has been diagnosed with a terminal illness or is facing homelessness. In these situations,...
A question many clients have been asking me lately after their hearings is whether they should return to work. There are several reasons for this. One, is that the disability hearing itself really isn’t the end of the road. In most cases, it still takes 30-60 days for...
Moving can be exciting but simultaneously stressful. Your spouse may have landed a new job offer in another part of the country, and your family now has the opportunity to move out of state. While you may be looking forward to the adventure of exploring a new place,...
Workers’ compensation could reduce your SSDI payment. This is true for both types of workers’ compensation settlements: lump-sum and periodic payments. The general rule is that the combination of your SSDI and workers’ compensation payments cannot be more than 80...
The answer depends on what type of disability you receive – SSI or SSDI. The amount you can have in assets (like a savings or checking account) is limited with SSI. To get SSI, your countable resources must not be worth more than $2,000 for an individual or $3,000 for...
If a medical condition diminishes your ability to make a living, you might feel somewhat overwhelmed by the changes in your life and wish to seek insight on your options. While you might be eligible for aid via Social Security Disability Insurance, filing a claim for...
Throughout the last two years the Social Security Administration has had to make major shifts in the way hearings are run in order to keep serving the public. First all hearings were cancelled, however they quickly shifted to telephone hearings. A short while later,...
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