Many clients often ask if their Social Security benefits can be garnished for child support. This answer depends on the kind of benefit that he or she is receiving. For those receiving Social Security disability insurance benefits (DIB), the answer is yes, the Social...
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Who Qualifies for Healthcare through the VA?
Known as the Comprehensive Medical Benefits Package, Veterans who have active military service and who separated under any condition other than dishonorable may be able to receive preventive and primary care, including a full range of outpatient and inpatient...
VA Proposes to Close and Rebuild VA Medical Centers and Construct New Facilities in Massive Overhaul
The Department of Veterans Affairs has come forward with a new infrastructure plan to revamp the VA Health Administration. However, this newly proposed plan comes with the permanent closings of dozens of VA Hospitals and Outpatient Clinics as well as the complete...
How to Use Employment Records in a Social Security Disability Case
When someone thinks about Social Security disability, they probably think about medical records first and foremost. After all, Social Security defines disability as the “inability to do any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical...
New Resource for the Underinsured in Mobile County
As representatives in our community in claims for Social Security disability and VA disability, means that sometimes people lack affordable health care. Our office provides a community resource guide to all our clients which includes medical resources, pharmaceutical...
Nine Respiratory Cancers Added to List of Presumptive Illnesses for Burn Pit Exposure
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently added nine respiratory cancers to the list of illnesses presumed to be caused by burn pit exposure. The policy applies to Veterans who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations beginning Aug. 2, 1990, to the...
What Happens After Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Is Approved?
Your claim has been decided, and you have been approved for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), what now? There are very important things you must remember after receiving your favorable decision from the Social Security Administration for your SSI claim. Once you...
Celebrating My New Sailor
This blog is a bit different than most of the blogs I write for our firm because this blog is a chance to tell you about my sailor. I convey to many of my clients that this is much more than a job for me. I come from a large Veteran family, including 2 Grandfathers...
Wartime Service Can Entitle You to Benefits through the Veterans Pension Program
If you have served during wartime, you may be entitled to the Veterans Pension Program. This program allows Veterans who have an honorable discharge, meet age or disability requirements, and who have limited income and net worth to receive monthly payments. In order...