What You Need to Win a Mental Health Disability Case if You Treat at the VA
Can you win Social Security disability benefits based on a mental health issue like PTSD, anxiety, depression or bipolar disorder if the only records in your case file are VA (Veterans Administration)...
View ArticleHow Does Disability Termination Work and am I at Risk of Losing my Benefits?
As you probably know, Social Security uses a process called “continuing disability review” (CDR) to evaluate approved SSDI and SSI claimants for medical improvement. If Social Security determines that...
View ArticleWill Volunteer Work or Passive Income Result in a Continuing Disability Review
Last month, I published a blog post entitled “How Does Disability Termination Work and am I at Risk of Losing My Benefits?” That post prompted a number of questions about post-approval activities. Are...
View ArticleIs it Enough to Simply Show the Judge You have an Obvious, Disabling Condition?
What if you’re 26 but have Scoliosis mixed with Osteoporosis? My back looks like the hunchback of notre dame. My doctor even told me I’d never be able to work a regular job, but that’s been since...
View ArticleOnline Forums Often Contain Inaccurate or Incomplete Information
I sometimes look at online forums to see what type of questions people are asking about Social Security disability. Often the questions are good but the answers posted by well-meaning, but not...
View ArticleDisability Approval Rates Trending Up
Social Security recently released its annual “waterfall chart” showing approval and denial rates for disability claims at various stages in the disability application process. 2020 Waterfall chart As...
View ArticleAre Social Security Judges Denying Disability Claims by Relying on Bogus Data?
Recently a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina ran a story about the Social Security disability decision making process called “Obsolete Jobs” Prevent People from Receiving Disability...
View Article“I’m 34 Years Old with Serious Medical Problems but Still Hanging on at Work....
As a Social Security disability attorney, I frequently receive emails like pose this question – from a man or woman in their 30’s or early 40’s with a long standing medical condition that makes work a...
View ArticleCan You Apply for Social Security Disability When You are Still Working?
What are the rules about working while at the same time applying for Social Security disability. Some of the rules are very clear, while others not so much. Let’s start with the “bright line” rules....
View ArticleWhat does it take to win a Social Security disability claim based on a mental...
In my Social Security disability law practice I am seeing an increasing number of case inquiries from men and women struggling with mental health issues like depression, anxiety, and PTSD. This surge...
View ArticleHow and Why Social Security Makes it Extremely Difficult to Change Lawyers
Several times a month I hear from a potential client who expresses dissatisfaction with their current attorney (or non-attorney representative) and wants me to review their claim for possible...
View ArticleMental Health Disability Claims: Do You Have a Winning Case?
I have written about this issue before but, given the stress of the coronavirus pandemic, I think this question deserves another look because just about every case evaluation I see contains allegations...
View ArticleChanges to the Social Security Attorney Fee Cap – What Does it Mean to You?
The Social Security Administration recently announced a small increase to the maximum attorney fee that lawyers representing disability claimants will be paid. As usual, SSA took a simple idea and made...
View ArticleProtected: Filing for Disability After Age 62 – How the Numbers Work
This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Filing for Disability After Age 62 – How the Numbers Work appeared first on Social...
View ArticleHow to Win Your PTSD Social Security Disability Case
Why does Social Security make it so difficult to qualify for SSDI benefits due to PTSD and what do you really need to win? I have represented hundreds of clients in PTSD cases – some are military...
View ArticleYour SSI Payment is Not Enough? Can You Apply for SSDI to get More Money Each...
If you are receiving SSI payments you know that your monthly check does not go very far. In 2022, the maximum an individual can receive from SSI is $841 per month. Obviously $841 per month does not go...
View ArticleWorking After You are Approved for Social Security Disability
I previously wrote a post about Social Security’s trial work period program but that was back in 2007 so its time for an update. One of my YouTube viewers wrote me the following which I decided to...
View ArticleWhat Can You do About a Social Security Disability Overpayment?
Recently I posted an article on this blog about working after being approved for Social Security disability. I pointed out that SSA’s “work incentive” programs are very confusing and extremely hard to...
View ArticleHow is this Even Remotely Acceptable?
This is a news story from a Colorado TV station. If the video doesn’t play this is a news story about a Colorado woman with chronic back problems, sciatica, diabetes with neuropathy and other severe...
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