Helping People With Disabilities Nationwide
If your claim is denied upon initial application and reconsideration, you have the right to be heard by an administrative law judge (ALJ). Statistically, more claims are approved at the hearing level than at initial application or reconsideration. At present, the...
Having a disabling condition can be difficult for anyone. While Social Security disability benefits can certainly help qualifying individuals from a financial perspective, many people across the country want to get back into the workforce to regain a sense of...
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether to eliminate one of more the unique and obscure exceptions in disability law later this year. Americans seeking disability benefits apply through two programs (and sometimes both, if eligible). The first program,...
An unprecedent third wave of economic impact payments passed the Senate and the House in early March, and President Biden signed the third round into law on March 11. Most people should start receiving $1,400 payments by the end of the month. As with the previous two...
COVID-19 can cause symptoms, and those symptoms can be debilitating in many cases. Jodee P., 55, of Massachusetts, for example, got COVID last May and still suffers from chronic fatigue, body pain, heart palpitations, memory problems and depression. The former...
Some debilitating conditions do not show symptoms all the time. Some people may feel immense pain for days or weeks because of a chronic condition and then have several days or weeks without a flare-up. Unfortunately, many people with conditions like psoriatic...
Vocational experts are present at every Social Security Disability hearing. Their job is to not only classify your past relevant work, but to also testify as to what jobs are available in the national economy. Often their testimony at the hearing may be difficult to...
Vocational experts are present at every Social Security Disability hearing. Their job is to not only classify your past relevant work, but to also testify as to what jobs are available in the national economy. What is SVP? Often their testimony at the hearing may be...
When qualifying for a government benefits program like Social Security, there are often many hoops to jump through in terms of qualifying. For example, credits are needed in order to qualify for Social Security, and even then, the number of credits can depend on the...
If you have fibromyalgia, you already know the odds are against you in many ways. For one thing, many of the symptoms that indicate fibromyalgia are “self-reporting.” This means they are symptoms for which there is no diagnostic test, and your doctor must accept that...
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