Helping People With Disabilities Nationwide
The grid rules, or "medical vocational guidelines" are used in cases involving claimants over age 50. These rules take into account that while there may be some jobs available for older workers, they may not have the skills or education to perform these jobs, and so...
When you're placed on Social Security Disability for an injury, you deserve to be treated fairly and receive the benefits you need. One thing some people don't realize is that if you heal or are somehow able to work despite a disability, you could have the benefits...
There's a misconception that once a person has been declared disabled, they can never do any sort of paid work again or their benefits will be discontinued.This isn't entirely true.Many people who receive disability benefits still want to stay busy and feel like...
To be found disabled under the Social Security Act, an individual must show the inability to engage in substantial gainful activity due to a medically determinable severe impairment or combination of impairments expected to result in death or last at least twelve...
When filing a claim for disability benefits, your alleged onset date (AOD) is the day on which you assert you met the technical and medical requirements for disability benefits. Your alleged onset date helps determine how far back your disability payments will reach....
When a household suffers the loss of a family member, the impact on the survivors is often financial as well as emotional, especially if the family member was a wage-earner. If the worker was paying into the Social Security program, however, the survivors may be...
After a hearing before the Social Security Administration, the administrative law judge (ALJ) shall issue a written decision which gives the findings of fact and reasons for the decision. Although the ALJ will usually render a final decision, appealable only to the...
In this day and age, the Internet has become a ubiquitous and practical source of information for any investigator or finder of fact. When adjudicating a claim, however, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) may not rely upon information obtained from the Internet or...
The Cooperative Disability Investigations Unit (CDIU) investigates disability claims under Social Security Administrations Title II and Title XVI programs. The primary mission is to resolve questions of fraud on suspicious claims flagged by State disability examiners...
More and more American children are reportedly suffering from disabilities. Back in 2000, just 7 percent of all children were reported to have some type of disability, but that had jumped to 8 percent by 2012. While that may not seem like a huge rise, one also has to...
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