The federal social security disability insurance program was established to protect workers no longer able to work and their dependents. The program provides a monthly benefit for the disabled person and their dependents as well as providing Medicare to the disabled person after 24 calendar months of entitlement to social security disability payments. The Supplemental …
Congress had high hopes for the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 (“Ticket to Work Act”) . The legislation sought to address what was considered to be several major disincentives for individuals with disabilities to securing vocational rehabilitation and returning to the work force. Ticket to Work Act sought to to …
Disability benefits for a chronic medical condition or a chronic condition that has become worse? Social security disability benefits are available for a chronic medical condition. While there are several requirements for social security disability insurance benefits, your medical condition must indeed be a chronic condition that, despite ongoing medical treatment, keeps you from performing …
Can you collect both social security retirement and disability? Americans receiving social security disability often wonder how their social security disability benefits will impact their social security retirement benefits (and vise versa). To answer this important question, it may be helpful to think of how the social security disability benefits program started and what problems …
Americans no longer able to work due to a mental or physical disability often wonder: “does my condition qualify for social security disability benefits?” Social security disability insurance is a federal government benefit earned by working and paying FICA taxes – just like social security retirement. Many who ask what conditions qualify for disability are …
Who is the Best Social Security Disability Lawyer in Dallas? It’s just human nature. When we select a doctor for an operation, we want “the best”. And when we need a social security disability lawyer in order to get social security disability benefits, we want “the best”. Several years ago a lady called me about social …
Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits are widely misunderstood. It’s understandable: few of us contemplate the possibility that we will become disabled and unable to work in the future. Our failure to understand what social security disability benefits are and are not, and what it takes to secure them, is only exacerbated by the complexity, obtuse terminology and …
Albert Einstein once said that “[t]he hardest thing in the world to understand is the Income Tax.” Most Americans would probably agree. Most social security disability recipients have been modest wage employees without complex income tax issues so they face an unfamiliar income tax issue in how the Internal Revenue Service will treat their social …
I really enjoy my work as a social security disability lawyer. One of the many joys is getting to tell my clients that their claim for disability has been approved. Relief. Tears. Joy. But one thing I don’t like about my daily life is having to tell people that social security disability insurance benefits are not going to solve …
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability worldwide. 25% of social security disability insurance have mental illnesses – such as severe depression, bipolar, anxiety, PTSD and intellectual impairment – as their primary diagnosis. Mental illness is the leading cause of social security disability awards for those between the ages of 15 and 44. Nevertheless, …
Administrative Law Judge hearings now routinely include a Vocational Expert (VE). The “Notice of Hearing” letter sent to disability claimants includes a copy of the letter to the VE requesting their presence to testify. Social security disability claimants are often, and understandably, confused about this “vocational expert”. Many are unsettled by the prospect of someone …
The Administrative Law Judge hearing can be a puzzling and confusing event for social security disability claimants in Texas. Few disability claimant have been involved in any legal proceeding quite like it. A frequent source of confusion centers on the Vocational Expert (VE) – now almost uniformly present in Dallas Fort Worth Texas social security disability …
If you are struggling to work due to a medical condition, you may be pondering filing for social security disability. Before filing for disability, or even after starting the filing process or after being initially rejected, many people ask themselves the question, “is it better to have a lawyer for disability?” What are my chances …
Prior to applying for disability, two big questions you are likely asking yourself include: Can I get disability? How is disability determined? In this post, we’ll delve into those questions. Can I get disability? Social security only pays for total disability, not partial or short-term disability. The Social Security Administration (SSA) considers you disabled only …
Social security disability insurance is a big and bureaucratic government program, and it is far from perfect. Cases that “ought” to be approved get turned down, and, unfortunately, many claimants that do not deserve benefits receive approval. But there are key hallmarks of winning disability cases that you should keep in mind. Your last job …
Many disabled applicants wonder “can you file for disability while still working?” Can I apply for disability while working? If you are working full time, generally no. You can apply for disability while working, however, the amount you earn is under a certain amount. The Social Security Administration (SSA) may look both at the number …
When applying for social security disability insurance benefits (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), your social security administration disability claims examiner may order you to undergo a mandatory consultative exam (CE). What is a consultative exam? From the Social Security Administration (SSA): “If the evidence provided by the claimant’s own medical sources is inadequate to …
Your social security disability lawyer’s job in the administrative law judge hearing is to present the “theory of the case “. One way I have found to express this is to encourage my clients to develop an “elevator speech“. This is a cogent, compelling and concise statement of why the administrative law judge should approve your …
Claro, como un abogado que se dedica a ayudar a personas con discapacidades para ganar beneficios de seguridad social, yo quiero que tengas exito en tu caso. Yo sé que tu quieres ganar tu caso – no pierdes tu caso porque arruinaste tu audiencia con el juez. Entonces, el título de este video es tal …
Jonathan Ginsberg is a colleague and fellow-social security disability lawyer based in Atlanta Georgia who has a national reputation as a social security disability expert. I had the good fortune to catch-up with Jonathan this month, and his valuable advice and opinions are important for all social security disability claimants, whether in Atlanta, Dallas, or …
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