Some clients tell me right off the bat that they know SSA will deny them several times and they understand they have a long fight ahead of them. Other times, we receive teary calls from clients who received a denial and cannot understand why SSA … [Read more...]
2016 SSA Changes:
Right now it takes a year or more to get your hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. (National time is 505 days, Ft. Worth is currently at 411 and Dallas is at 467). SSA is planning on hiring senior attorneys to review the cases that are … [Read more...]
VA Benefits
This Veteran’s Day, we take a moment to honor those who have served our Country and who have fought for the freedoms we enjoy. Here is a reminder to those people and their families of some of the benefits (some well known and some lesser known) … [Read more...]
Future Solvency of SSA Disability and Fraud
The current trust fund which provides the money paid for SSI benefits is currently able to fund the program through 2034. The trust fund which funds SSDI benefits is currently able to support the program through 2022. We can expect both programs to … [Read more...]
Effects of the Poor Economy on Social Security Disability
During good economic times, when unemployment rates are low, even people with moderate health issues or disabilities work. However, when the economy turns, people who are missing more work due to health problems are much more likely to be the first … [Read more...]
Which conditions are most likely to result in your being found disabled by SSA?
Although treatment, medical documentation and compliance are critical, there are types of conditions which are more likely than others in a finding of disability. People with spinal issues or arthritic conditions, (chronic pain causing conditions) … [Read more...]
Why does it take so long?
I try to warn clients during our first meeting, that SSA will not move quickly. This is hard to accept since most people are in dire financial situations and without health insurance during this time period. In 2015, the national average … [Read more...]
When should I get an attorney?
My office gets calls from people wanting disability benefits at all different levels of the process. When the individual has a hearing scheduled in a few weeks, we scramble to amass medical evidence supporting disability, but this isn’t easy. … [Read more...]
YouTube Is Helping Attorneys Prove Disability
During a Disability hearing, the burden is on you (and/or your attorney) to prove that you can not perform your past work. Once you have done this, the burden of proof shifts to SSA to show that there are still jobs you can do. Often times, a Judge … [Read more...]
SSA Disability for Migraines
In order to be awarded disability benefits, you must show a “medically determinable impairment.” This means medical tests must support your claims. Occasionally, evidence of migraine headaches can be seen on MRI, but this is the exception rather … [Read more...]
SSA Retirement Facts for Workers Every Worker Should Know.
When to start drawing your retirement: Some people draw it as early as age 62 at a reduced amount, while others opt to wait for, “full retirement age” ie. 65 to begin drawing their retirement benefits. If you draw early at age 62, your monthly … [Read more...]
SSA Celebrates its 80th Anniversary August 14, 2015.
On August 14, 1935, President Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act. His ideals recorded by the press were, “Today, a hope of many years standing is in large part fulfilled…We have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of … [Read more...]
