A hearing? A Judge? Sounds scary. At the hearing stage of the disability determination process, a claimant goes before an administrative law judge to explain why they are disabled. This may seem scary or intimidating, but it’s not like going to criminal court. This is actually your best chance to be awarded benefits, because you [...]

There may be no more unsettling letter to receive than a Social Security notice indicating that your Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will be stopped. This type of letter can arrive for a variety of reasons, but the main reasons are for earning too much income or Social Security determines that you are no longer [...]

When assisting Social Security disability applicants a frequent question is “how long will that take?” Not only is the question asked frequently by the majority of applicants, but it is asked multiple times by the same applicant. The reason this is the case is because there is a lot of waiting time involved with either [...]

It’s an election year, and the two political tickets, Obama/Biden and Romney/Paul, have very different visions for the future of your Social Security disability benefits. Mitt Romney has unleashed significant misinformation campaigns to keep voters from casting an educated vote in November, and these misinformation campaigns involve lies about programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. If [...]

Knowing that the majority of Social Security disability claims can take the better part of two years before they are ultimately resolved can create a financial crisis for those applying. Those who apply for either Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are claiming that they can’t work on a full-time [...]