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An Update On The Health Of Social Security

Social Security is failing. Social Security is out of Money. Social Security is easily scammed to get disability benefits. Social Security pays people who don’t deserve benefits. What do all these comments have in common? The main thing they have in common is that these comments are largely false. We hear a lot of dooms-day… Read more »

Beware Of Social Security Scams

Everywhere we turn it seems that someone is trying to steal our identity and personal information and always coming up with new schemes to do so. According to this story from The Gazette there seems to be a new scam targeting Americans who are interested in receiving Social Security disability benefits. This new scam seems… Read more »

Disability Denials In Great Britain

The United States and Great Britain have shared “a special relationship” for many years and have worked as allies for even longer. The two countries obviously have many similarities and right now both countries have conservatives in charge of their governments. Because there are many similarities between the two countries right now, it is important… Read more »

The Latest With Social Security

We realize it may be a stretch for ordinary people to want to keep up with the comings and goings of the Social Security Administration, but sometimes circumstances permit where someone does want to follow the latest news regarding the agency due to a possible retirement or disability interest. This blog is an ongoing piecemeal… Read more »

Update On Hiring Freeze Is Really No Update At All

A few days ago acting Social Security commissioner Nancy Berryhill released a memo to all Social Security employees about the federal hiring freeze issued by President Donald Trump January 25. Unfortunately there was not much to update as there has been no changes to this hiring freeze. The hiring freeze requires that no new employees… Read more »

Video Teleconferencing At Your Hearing

Social Security recently changed its rules about the use of video teleconferencing (VTC) for disability hearings before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ). Previously, Social Security has used VTC for a portion of its hearings. The VTC process relates to using ALJs in other jurisdictions to administer hearings with claimants and representatives via video rather than… Read more »

When Disabilities Don’t Matter To Social Security

It may seem ridiculous when administrators of a disability program don’t require evidence of disabilities or even consider medical evidence of a claimant applying for disability, but that is exactly what Social Security does on occasion for its Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program. Many people, who navigate through the Social Security disability process for… Read more »

What is the Social Security Administration Blue Book?

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has created the Blue Book to provide information regarding the evaluation and processing of disability claims to healthcare and legal professionals. The Blue Book consists of four parts. The first part of the book contains the Listing of Impairments. The List of Impairments are divided into Part A and Part… Read more »

Social Security Administration and Over Payments to Deceased

Social Security states a person must be alive for the entire month to be eligible for a benefit check.  Benefits are not payable for the month of death.  According to the Wall Street Journal, The Social Security Administration’s inspector general on Monday said the agency improperly paid $31 million in benefits to 1,546 Americans believed to… Read more »

Understanding Social Security Disability Terminology

The Social Security disability process can be confusing. Not only can the entire process be difficult to understand, but so can the different terms Social Security uses along the way. To make things a bit clearer below are some definitions for terms Social Security uses during the disability process. Alleged and Established Onset Date: The alleged… Read more »