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​The Social Security Administration has disabled in-person disability hearings amidst the COVID-19 lockdowns and social distancing measures. Since most of the SSA staff is working remotely, the SSA closed its hearing offices and has currently only online video hearings facility for disability claimants . If you have subscribed to participate in a d...

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Social Security Administration has switched to online hearings for your Disability Appeals. Since most of the SSA staff is working remotely from homes, the SSA has discontinued in-person ALJ hearings for an indefinite period of time.  What are Social Security Online Hearings? An online Disability...

Yes, you can keep both worker's compensation benefits and social security benefits together. This is of course only when you qualify for both social security disability insurance benefits and worker's compensation benefits. Since these are both separate programs under federal government, you don't need to give up one to avail benefits from another....

The Social Security Administration uses a List of Impairments from its Blue Book of Disability, As a matter of fact, if you meet the Work Credits , have enough prove to support your claim of being disabled and are unable to earn, you're considered as eligible to apply for Disability Benefits. However, the Coronavirus pandemic has made it a cumberso...

In assessing whether you qualify non-medically, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will initially look to whether you are right now working. In the event that you are working with low income wages below the stated threshold and not procuring a high income, you won't consequently be denied disability benefits, however completing a considerable...

Even though the SSA provides benefits to adult children if they are over the age of 18 to qualify, the SSA will consider you a disabled adult because you will be collecting SSDI based on your qualifying parent's Social Security's earnings. What does it mean to be Disabled? In order to be eligible for SSDI as a disabled adult child, the disabled chi...

The Social Security Administration announced that it will make an increase of 1.3% in Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income, as a result of a Cost-of-living-adjustment. This COLA increase will take effect immediately for all 71 million Americans receiving monthly benefits paychecks. This COLA adjustment is designed to help ben...

Disability benefits for disabled children and for children of disabled parents are one of the few benefits covered by the Social Security Disability Insurance program by the Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration reported in 2017 of having distributed $2.6 billion per month in disability benefits paychecks to 4.6 million...

FICA is a US federal payroll tax. It stands for the Federal Insurance Contributions Act and is ultimately deducted from the paycheck for every person who has signed up for the Social Security program from the Social Security Administration. FICA is not the virtual piggy bank that every payer will have access to when they retire. Instead, it is an e...

Let's be honest: The name of your disability impairment does not mean an ultimate win for your SSDI case. There are various factors that can win or lose disability cases. Each year approximately 64 million people apply for disability – out of those only 30% of the DI claimants actually win the disability benefits. This means that only about one thi...

Disability has immediate and lasting consequences for a DI claimant. Not only a limiting disability/impairment can happen to anyone – especially with an advancing age – it can greatly affect a claimant's economic situation. The claimant's gross income earnings, household standards, total family income and purchases of essentials such as grocery and...

The ticket-to-work (TTW) is a voluntary based program designed to get individuals able to return to work on a trial basis. The program is for people aged 18 to 64 with a disability who are on monthly social security checks and want to go back to work while also not losing their disability benefits if it does not work. A DI claimant can utilize the ...

The Social Security Administration's policy requires early intervention and adequate support to be provided to workers with disabilities to enable adequate worker's retention objectives. This way the Disability Insurance (DI) claimants can be supported to perform some type of work under substantial gainful activity and earn a handsome livelihood on...

As the Coronavirus pandemic had the US citizens confined to their homes, the disease had impacted nearly every industry. Also, since many businesses started losing out of cash flow, many of the employers laid-off workers due to inability to meet the worker's expenses in terms of salary and health benefits. However, there are some good and bad news ...

As difficult and as time consuming winning a Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) can be, it is not as difficult for the SSA to terminate your benefit's program in case you no longer meet the eligibility criteria. There are various factors such as changes in your income (if you are earning an income above the threshold levels of substantial ...

After a claimant's five year Trial Work Period has ended, the timeline for the Extended Period of Eligibility start. What is Extended Period of Eligibility? The extended period of eligibility is a 36 month period following the five year trial work period, during which a claimant can file for 'expedited reinstatement' of SSDI benefits. This means th...

The Social Security Administration allows you to try to return to work while on disability if your monthly earnings remain below the income threshold for the average monthly SSDI income. This period of being able to work while on disability insurance, can last for 9 months within a 5 years' period and is known as Trial Work Period. What is Trial Wo...

Disability Attorneys are experienced professionals with knowledge of the various types of medical evidences required for each disability condition in order to win SSDI benefits. A disability lawyer can help develop medical evidences, doctor's statements and a proper theory of your disability. What does having a disability attorney mean? Having the ...

In order to be considered for disability insurance benefits due to an anxiety disorders you need to have medical proofs that you are diagnosed with anxiety disorders that are severe enough to prevent you from working to perform substantial gainful activity (SGA). What is anxiety disorder? Anxiety disorder refers to specific kind of psychiatric diso...

If you meet all non-medical eligibility requirements for Social Security Disability, then a kidney transplant will make you eligible for 12 months of disability benefits if you are approved. After that period, the Social Security Administration will evaluate your symptoms for 'ongoing disability for residual symptoms'. What is considered adequate k...