Disability solutions for you and your family
Gardberg & Kemmerly handles children's disability claims for Supplemental Security Income. These claims are filed by concerned parents who worry that their child is struggling in some particular area and hope that increased income could get them the help they need...
Military service members can receive expedited processing of disability applications from Social Security Administration under a special program called Wounded Warriors. To qualify for the expedited process, military service members must have become disabled while on...
The Department of Defense has agreed to reconsider bad-paper discharges for Vietnam veterans and other past war veterans who may have suffered from combat-related PTSD and received other than honorable discharges. The Department of Defense has agreed to give "liberal...
The Social Security Administration has released the official Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for 2015. The COLA associated with Social Security disability benefits, will be reflected in the January 2015 benefit check and will have a 1.7% increase.The yearly COLA is...
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced that it processed 1.3 million disability compensation and pension claims in fiscal year 2014 - the highest number in VA history. The number of claims processed in fiscal year 2014 surpassed the number of claims...
Gardberg & Kemmerly, P.C.'s Associate Attorney, Robyn Cannon, is spearheading this year's Mobile Bar Association Canned Food Drive benefitting the Bay Area Food Bank. Last year, members of the Mobile Bar Association collected over 500 pounds of food for those in...
In 2012, Congress passed the Honoring America's Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejume Families Act, which provided, in part, for health care (for veterans who served at least 30 days in Camp Lejune) and co-pay reimbursements for veterans and family members who lived at...
The Social Security disability program is almost never black and white. There are very few disease that will automatically qualify you to receive benefits. A common question I am asked is, "Does have [fill in the blank disease] make me disabled?" The answer is almost...
Beginning next March, the Department of Veterans Affairs will offer standardized electronic forms. The VA hopes to streamline and speed up the claim filing process with the use of the electronic forms. In the past, veterans could file claims and appeals on any piece...
I recently attended a NOVA (National Organization of Veterans' Advocates) conference where the focus in assisting Veterans in their pursuit of disability benefits centered on a very common sense tactic: being simple. The Department of Veterans Affairs has been in the...
