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The Compassionate Allowances is a program created by Social Security to grant benefits quickly and efficiently to individuals who are disabled. It allows the Social Security Administration to make a determination based on limited medical information to decide whether the applicant meets the Listing of Impairments. The conditions that qualify for Compassionate Allowances are determined… Read more »

Earlier this month the Social Security Administration announced it would add 25 new illnesses to it list of Compassionate Allowance conditions, related to proving applicants with monthly Social Security disability benefits. Conditions listed under Social Security’s Compassionate Allowance programs are conditions where Social Security is supposed to expedite the processing of disability claim because the… Read more »

Applicants who apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits always want to know how much of a benefit they will receive each month if Social Security ultimately finds them disabled. There is not a precise way to determine monthly disability amounts online, but there is a way to estimate full retirement benefits, which end… Read more »

When evaluating a claim for Social Security disability, it’s not a specific condition that makes more of a difference in whether a claim is successful, but how that condition impacts an applicant’s ability to work. It is true that certain conditions, mainly life-threatening conditions, are supposed to automatically qualify you for either Social Security Disability… Read more »

The Social Security disability process is littered with emotional highs and lows. One example is the five-month waiting period disabled workers are faced with when they are approved for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). Many times Social Security disability applicants express a sigh of relief when they find out they are approved for SSDI, but… Read more »

For a variety of circumstances applicants may be able to receive expedited processing of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits and bypass the potential wait time of up to two years that most disability applicants face if they continue to appeal medical denials on claims. Unfortunately, most people who venture into the Social Security disability… Read more »

The federal Office of Child Support Enforcement estimated that more than $100 billion in ordered child support went unpaid in 2009. About $53 million of this unpaid amount was owed to the government due to a lack of public assistance reimbursements. These numbers have influenced governments to more arduously go after child support payments from… Read more »

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments generally are not payable for months that an individual is confined to a jail, prison or certain other public institutions for commission of a crime and a person is not automatically eligible for Social Security or SSI payments when being released from prison or jail. If you are… Read more »

Yes, it is true that the Social Security Administration has been working with a budget surplus for the better part of the last 25 years, but that is coming to an end as the surplus is disappearing fast. Social Security tax increases and some budget cuts allowed for the surplus from about 1990 to 2010… Read more »