Helping People With Disabilities Nationwide
There are many kinds of war-related injuries, both physical and mental. It's important for veterans returning from the field to have access to all the help they need to get through the new difficulties in their lives. They've served and protected, and now it's the...
After you got into an accident, you noticed changes in yourself. You'd forget lengths of time completely. You'd forget words and have trouble speaking. You knew something was wrong, so you had tests performed. You finally got a diagnosis: post-traumatic epilepsy...
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...
Veterans are some of the hardest-working individuals in the country. They served their country, protected it and they deserve respect. Some veterans find that it's difficult to get the medical care they need, and combined with an inability to work or reliance on...
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is different than Supplemental Security Income (SSI), because SSDI is intended to replace wages while SSI boosts those wages. Both programs do supplement the income of those who are unable to work, but they are not the...
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...
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