When applying for Social Security Disability benefits, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will screen you for all benefit programs you may be eligible for. If your deceased spouse or deceased ex-spouse was insured through the Social Security system you may qualify for what is called Disabled Widow/Widower’s benefits. To be insured for Social Security Disability… Read more »
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Colvin Reflects On Her Time As Social Security Boss
Carolyn Colvin stepped down as acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration January 20th when President Donald Trump took over the White House. Since then, we have not heard much from Colvin, but she recently discussed her nearly four years as the head of Social Security in a recent interview with Mckinsey & Company. The… Read more »
A Look Inside At Social Security Funding For 2017
Every year Social Security employees and those who do business with Social Security, like our office has to for disability claimants, have a hold your breath moment when the agency’s budget is announced. Social Security is extremely under funded and that won’t change after the release of the agency’s 2017 fiscal year budget. ] The… Read more »
If Republicans Want To Stamp Out Fraud Start Here
Many members of the Republican Party have insinuated that there is rampant fraud within the Social Security disability process, which we have indicated on several occasions that this is simply not the truth. Rather than go into further detail explaining why this myth wrong, why don’t we focus on somewhere fraud really exists and this… Read more »
Article Claims Trump Is Proposing To Entitlement Programs
The other shoe has now dropped. The fiscal year 2017 budget behind him, President Donald Trump is now proposing an $800 billon cut over 10 years to “means-tested” entitlement programs according to an article in Roll Call, a Washington D.C. newspaper that covers Capitol Hill. According to the article, there are no specifics on how… Read more »
Commissioner Reports Good Budget News
Acting Social Security Commissioner Nancy A. Berryhill issued a May 5 message to all Social Security employees about issues related to the 2017 fiscal year budget and how Social Security will be impacted. The news could be a lot worse than it is. The 2017 fiscal year budget, which provides government spending through the end… Read more »
Fight Over Health Care Bill Moves To Senate
Clearing its first major hurdle over the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, U.S. House of Representative Republicans and President Donald Trump did a victory lap after the bill passed the House 217-213. No Democrats in the House supported the bill and 20 Republicans voted against it. The… Read more »
Social Security Disability and Depression
Depression is a major condition in which some people seek Social Security disability for because the condition prevents them from working. Social Security considers an individual to be disabled because of a major depressive disorder if the symptoms prevent the individual from working and the condition is expected to last at least 12 months. For… Read more »
When A Social Security Claimant Dies
Because the Social Security disability process can be a long and winding road, on occasion, a disabled worker who has applied for Social Security disability dies before the final outcome of the case. Many people, including the deceased’s family, believe the claim is over, but that is not necessarily the case. It certainly is not… Read more »
Appeals Council Decisions: Notice of Remand
If you filed a Request for Review of your hearing decision with the Social Security Administration (SSA) Appeals Council you may receive in the mail a Notice of Remand. This means that the Appeals Council has transferred your claim back to the SSA Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) for another hearing. The Appeals… Read more »
