Intelligent, Aggressive Representation For The Injured And Disabled
Many people apply for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income due to seizures. Few are found disabled. Why is this? For one thing, Social Security has made it extremely difficult to prevail on a claim based on seizures. Social...
Many claimants think that only their "worst problems" are considered by the Administrative Law Judge. This is not true. In a Social Security Disability claim, the Administrative Law Judge has to determine the claimant's residual functional capacity. Residual...
The simple answer is yes, the government can take part of your backpay and monthly checks to repay any money that you owe the federal government, including student loan money. In 1996, Congress passed the Debt Collection Improvement Act. This Act allows the government...
No one is ever "too young" to get Social Security Disability benefits. It is true, however, that your age does matter. For the purposes of this discussion, I will only be talking about adults (people over 18 years old) who are applying for disability. If you are under...
Social Security disability cases involving seizure disorders (both grand mal, or tonic clonic, and petit mal) can be some of the toughest to win. This is because many of these cases hinge on exactly how often you have a seizure. To read more about the Social...
If you have a Social Security Disability Insurance Benefit or Supplemental Security Income claim, you will probably have a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). The issue to be decided in most hearings is whether there are jobs in significant numbers in...
Statistically speaking, more people win their case after a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge than at the initial level. However, some people will receive an unfavorable decision after their hearing. So, what happens next?The next step in a Social Security...
Today I received in the mail a copy of a Favorable Decision issued for one of my clients. After fighting tooth and nail with the Social Security Administration for over five years, the Administrative Law Judge awarded the case, finding my client entitled to Social...
A brief explanation of what your date last insured means can be found here. But what happens if your date last insured is a date in the past? This can create particular problems in your Social Security disability case. If your DLI is in the very recent past (for...
If Social Security does not have enough information to find you disabled, you may be asked to submit to a consultative examination. A consultative evaluation is defined as "a physical or mental examination or test purchased for you at our request and expense from a...