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Your Dependents May Be Eligible to Receive Benefits if You Are on Disability A lot of people do not know about important benefits that are available to the dependents of a disabled worker. That means that if you are disabled and received Disability Insurance...
NEW VA CLAIMS PROCESSBeginning March 24, 2015, the VA will institute a new process for filing claims for disability compensation. The new VA claims process will require the use of standardized forms to begin a claim. The new policy is a change from the informal claims...
Workers Compensation Benefits Can Reduce Your Social Security Disability BenefitsIt is not uncommon for clients to file for Social Security disability benefits after suffering a serious on-the-job injury. Social Security is, after all, directly connected to whether...
Administrative Law Judges Sue Social Security Administration Over QuotasIn a federal lawsuit filed on April 18, 2013, the Association of Administrative Law Judges challenged the Social Security Administration and its imposition of an agency-wide quota requiring all...
EFFECTIVE DATE AND VA CLAIMS FOR HEARING LOSSIn the case of Swain v. McDonald, No. 14-0947, the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) reversed a Board of Veterans' Appeals' (Board) decision which assigned an incorrect effective date for Veteran's claim for...
Vocational Expert Testimony in a Social Security Disability Hearing Vocational Expert testimony appears in almost every hearing involving Social Security disability benefits. A Vocational Expert (VE) is an independent contractor with the Social Security Administration...
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSOften times, clients ask if applying for and receiving unemployment benefits will affect his or her claim for Social Security disability. The short answer is yes. Social Security policy, however, indicates that...
UPDATE TO AGENT ORANGE REGISTRY The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs maintains a list of ships that were presumptively exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam Era. The VA has recently updated the list of ships that operated in Vietnam to add new ships, expand...
Social Security Benefits available to Minor Dependent ChildrenUnder the Social Security Act, monthly benefits can be paid to children of insured workers who have either died, become disabled, or retired. To be eligible, a child must be the biological or adopted child...
It's Mardi Gras on the Gulf Coast!It's officially Mardi Gras season, and that means parades and revelry throughout the Gulf Coast. Check out the links below to find fun (and free!) festivities in your area:Mobile and the Eastern Shore: The Dauphin Island parade has...