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VETERANS, DON'T LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE~
Disabled veterans have the right to apply for Social Security disability benefits (SSDI), regardless of the cause of disability. Any...
HOW YOUR DOCTOR CAN HELP YOU GET DISABILITY BENEFITS
Doctors can't decide whether you are disabled and whether you get Social Security benefits. However, doctors can be an important part of...
WHAT IS "ALLEGED ONSET DATE" (AOD)?
Alleged Onset Date (AOD) is the date on which you first claim to have become unable to work because of a medical impairment. This is...
JUDGES MUST VIEW DISABILITY AS YOUR LAST RESORT
JUDGES MUST SEE SOCIAL SECURITY AS YOUR LAST RESORT Since 2010, Social Security has been trying to slow down the number of people getting...
WHAT A REPRESENTATIVE WILL DO FOR YOU.
Individuals who represent claimants in the Social Security adjudication process are simply called "representatives." Sometimes these...
WHAT MUST BE DONE BEFORE YOUR HEARING TAKES PLACE
Social Security denied your disability benefits. You filed the appropriate appeal and requested a hearing before an administrative law...
BASIC RULES FOR SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILILTY
Here is a crash course in the basic rules of Social Security disability benefits. My goal here is to explain the basic requirements for...
COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES
Social Security's "compassionate allowance initiative" allows the agency to automatically award disability benefits for certain illnesses...
MAKING IT HARDER TO GET BENEFITS
In 2010, about 62 percent of claimants who came before an administrative law judge (ALJ) with a denied Social Security claim were...
IS YOUR SSDI DENIAL CORRECT?
Social Security will deny about 70 percent of all disability applications filed in 2017. But can you assume that those denials are...
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