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How to Win Disability Benefits for Skin Disorders?

How to Win Disability Benefits for Skin Disorders?

Many skin problems are assessed based on how they affect your other physiological functions. Other portions of the Blue Book may be read in such circumstances to decide whether your disease is serious enough to merit disability benefits. The SSA Blue Book has listings for various skin disorders that may result due to hereditary, congenital, or acqu...

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Social Security Cost-of-living Adjustments for 2022

Social Security Cost-of-living Adjustments for 2022

Changes to social security benefits and supplemental security income (SSI) programmes were announced by the Social Security Administration (SSA). The modifications, which are announced every year in October, are based on cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) to guarantee that benefits stay up with inflation. Beginning in January, recipients of Social S...

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SSDI for Osteoporosis in 2022

SSDI for Osteoporosis in 2022

Osteoporosis affects more than 10 million Americans. Almost 1 in 4 people with osteoporosis are women. While women are at higher risk for the disease, men can develop it, too. Studies suggest that among those 50 and older: Up to 1 in 2 women will break a bone due to osteoporosis — equal to the risk of breast, ovarian and uterine cancer combined.Up ...

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Can You Work After Waiting a Year for Social Security Disability Decision After Trial Work Period

Can You Work After Waiting a Year for Social Security Disability Decision After Trial Work Period

Even if you've returned to work, you may be able to appeal a refused Social Security Disability claim. Applicants for Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) who have waited a long period for a decision on their applications may experience financial pressure to return to work. In some cases, because of the trial work term, you may be allowed to...

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How Chronic Liver Disease Can Qualify for SSDI Benefits in 2022

How Chronic Liver Disease Can Qualify for SSDI Benefits in 2022

Patients with chronic liver disease can also apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits if they meet all the requirements to be eligible for SSDI benefits. Social Security Administration (SSA) Medical Listing 5.05 describes chronic liver disease. SSA evaluates the severity and duration of the disease with prescribed medication w...

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Boosting Your Claims Approval Under QDD

 The Quick Disability Determination Process permits some applicants to get disability payments significantly more quickly than the standard process. Quick Disability Determination (QDD) is one of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) "fast-track" strategies for granting disability compensation in as little as a few days. The Social Securi...

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Eligibility Criteria for Your SSDI Benefits in 2022

Eligibility Criteria for Your SSDI Benefits in 2022

Most of you people are here because of getting information whether you are qualified for disability benefits or not. The answer to this particular question is still under inquiry. Despite this, A closet answer can see in Social Security Blue Book. People can automatically qualify for benefits explained by an online system called Disability Evaluati...

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What does Social Security consider an unsuccessful work attempt?

What does Social Security consider an unsuccessful work attempt?

A failed work attempt is a word used by disability attorneys and the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the area of Social Security disability as an allowed "reason" for why an applicant was working if he or she was asking for Social Security disability. (A disability applicant will be ineligible for benefits if he or she works at or over...

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How to Get SSDI Benefits for Lupus

How to Get SSDI Benefits for Lupus

People with lupus having limitations affecting daily functioning levels, social networking, inability to focus or meeting any other impairment related disability listed in SSA's Blue Book may qualify for SSDI benefits. Systematic lupus erthymatosus, a.k.a. Lupus is an autoimmune disorder that causes the body to attack its own organs, tissues and ce...

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Social Security Disability for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Social Security Disability for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

In order to qualify for disability, you must be able to prove to the Social Security Administration that your disability is 'disabling' enough to prevent you from working. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a condition often caused by lupus or arthritis in the hand. The pressure on the wrist causes swelling in the hand which in turn affects the median nerve...

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How to Qualify for SSDI for Rheumatoid Arthritis

SSDI for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Some people might worry about your Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) problems. Many individuals do not know about the Social Security Disability Insurance benefits for Rheumatoid Arthritis. 35% of the population stopped working after the diagnosis of RA for ten years, according to research. RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS:- It is a medical disability that is a chroni...

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How Families Could Be Denied Disability Death Benefits for Unvaccinated Dependents

How Families Could Be Denied Disability Death Benefits for Unvaccinated Dependents

A huge number of workers are facing repercussions due refusing getting the COVID-19 vaccine shots.This includes both mental and financial drawbacks since being denied premium health benefits such as disability death benefits could mean as much as putting daily bread on the table. Many families of unvaccinated individuals are struggling to get death...

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Social Security Disability Survivor Benefits

Social Security Disability Survivor Benefits

SSDI survivor benefits are for those employees of the Social Security Administration system who paid taxes by working long enough hours. SSDI serves as a federal insurance program and provides payments to the family members of the disabled workers. Social Security benefits are available upon retirement similarly, after the death of a worker, family...

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SSA’s Representative Repayment Program

SSA’s Representative Repayment Program

Do you need assistance in getting payment from Social Security programs? Let's talk about the candidates who have difficulty receiving and managing payments. Eligibility for a representative payment program needs to be part of the Social Security system. Social security recipients receive their monthly benefits indirectly by receiving check payment...

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Does Retiring Early Affect Your SSDI Application

Does Retiring Early Affect Your SSDI Application

The Social Security Disability program is a form of early retirement benefits. You can't receive both SSDI and retirement benefits at the same time (there is only one small exception to this rule, which this blog discusses at the end). Determining the best time as when to retire is often the most critical step to getting the most out of retirement ...

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Getting Social Security Disability After Age 65

Getting Social Security Disability After Age 65

Disabled adults can start receiving disability benefits at literally any age (even before full retirement age). However, for disabled adults over age 65, it is better to apply for SSDI benefits than retirement benefits. According to a report, the average age at which American people retire is 62 (minimum retirement age). However, the poll also sugg...

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Worn-Out Worker Rule SSDI

Worn-Out Worker Rule SSDI

The Social Security Administration has special rules for people who have had several years of physical unskilled labor. The worn-out worker rule enables a special window for disability claimants who would otherwise be denied SSDI due to not meeting the SSA's condition for disability. Rules to meet Worn-Out Worker Rules The worn out worker rule is e...

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Would You Be Denied SSDI if Your Visual Acuity Test Comes Fine

Would You Be Denied SSDI if Your Visual Acuity Test Comes Fine

You may have partial or complete blindness, thinking it automatically qualifies you for disability benefits. As a claimant, you may have the view that you having problems with your hearing or vision, having to use a hearing aid or glasses are enough for you to qualify for SSDI. Infact, you're not considered legally blind or completely deaf if you d...

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What are the Non-Medical Requirements for SSDI 2021

What are the Non-Medical Requirements for SSDI 2021

To qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance, SSDI you would need to meet the eligibility for both medical and non-medical qualifications for SSDI. The most common reason for denial is not being able to meet the medical qualifications but an inability to meet the non-medical criteria. This happens simply because not many people are aware of ...

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Automatic Cost of Living Adjustments | 2021

Automatic Cost of Living Adjustments | 2021

The SSA adjusts the SSDI amounts for social security payments each year by adjusting them with inflation through a complicated formula for cost of living. Cost-of-Living Adjustment Enacted in 1973, the federal legislation allows the SSA to adjust the amount of SSDI paychecks to keep up pace with the changing dynamics of the economic system. The SSA...

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