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Thirteen Disabling Medical Conditions Added to SSA Compassionate Allowance List
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has added thirteen severe medical conditions to its list of Compassionate Allowance conditions. The list, which began with just 50 severe conditions in 2008, has grown to 113 diseases that meet SSA’s strict definition of disability. These are conditions involving the immune system and neurological disorders. In an October 13 [...]
Read moreSocial Security Administration Takes Action to Stop Threats to Employees
The number of threats made to SSA employees by visitors to local SSA offices has jumped 43 percent in 2010. The rash of nearly 2,800 incidents has led the Social Security Administration (SSA) to take serious action. They have put together a new rule intended to lessen, if not stop all together, a disconcerting trend [...]
Read moreWhat are Non-Medical Requirements for Social Security Disability Benefits?
One of our claimants—let’s call her Kathleen – was confused and concerned when she got a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) that stated she had met the medical requirements for disability benefits, but the non-medical requirements of her claim still needed to be reviewed before a decision could be made. SSA asked her [...]
Read moreShould I Apply Online for Social Security Disability Benefits?
You may do a lot of things online: check the weather; shop for deals; research medical conditions. Why not apply on your own for disability benefits online too? It may seem simple enough to click through the online Social Security Benefit Application, fill in the answers, and then hit “send.” But there’s nothing simple about SSA’s questions…
Read moreSocial Security Administration Faces Disability Backlog Challenges
The Social Security Administration is under a lot of scrutiny these days – from how to keep the federal program strong for next generations – to how it is managing the disability claims backlog with less budget money…
Read moreSocial Security Funds to Pay Disability Benefits are at Risk
The long-term solvency of Social Security is at risk if changes don’t happen soon to ensure its financial health.
Read moreSocial Security Announces Phase-Out of Paying Benefits by Paper Checks
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is encouraging a “warp-speed” transition to electronic payments of federal benefits by 2013…
Read moreInjured Carpenter Qualifies for Disability Benefits – A Lesson on Vocational Grids
Pete was a carpenter by trade but one day he fell on his back. He didn’t recover well…his doctor told him he could never go back to carpentry work and advised Pete to apply for …
Read moreWill a Government Shutdown Hurt Social Security Disability Claimants?
As Congress continues its debate over budget cuts, many of our customers waiting for decisions from the Social Security Administration (SSA) on their disability claims are worried …
Read moreSocial Security Cuts Reporting Services to Save Millions of Dollars
The Social Security Administration,in an effort to save budget dollars, is suspending the mailing of earnings statement until the fall…
Read moreAlzheimer’s Expected to Rise as Largest Generation Ages
One in eight baby boomers, an expected 10 million people, could be stricken with Alzheimer’s Disease…
Read moreSocial Security Administration to Consider Autoimmune Disease for Compassionate Allowance
The seventh in a series of Compassionate Allowance hearings will focus on autoimmune disease,which is ranked among the ten leading causes of death in women …
Read moreEqual Access to Justice Could be Cut Away for People with Disabilities
People with disabilities could lose out on their right to legal representation if Congress suspends attorney fees paid through the Equal Access to Justice Act…
Read moreSocial Security Workers Protest Budget Cuts that Could Worsen Disability Claims Backlog
Proposed budget cuts to Social Security could compromise service to Americans waiting for disability benefits…
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