In many cases, the Social Security Disability process could take months or even years. Claims Examiners routinely deny applications for benefits, at least in part. Then, most people must wait many months for a hearing in front of an Administrative Law Judge. The CAL...

Many Social Security Disability claimants have already been through the Veterans’ Administration disability process, or at least they know someone who has been through that process. For the most part, there is an informal presumption in VA disability matters that the...

You read that right. At the initial review level, two-thirds of all Social Security Disability applications are denied. In plain English, most Disability Examiners are looking for a way to deny petitions, regardless of the claimant’s health issues. Frequently, the SSA...

Much ink has been spilled about the transition from employment to disability. But comparatively little has been said about the opposite transition. And, in many ways, the move from disability to employment is much more difficult than the move from employment to...

When doctors share difficult diagnosis information with their patients, they never utter the dreaded and feared words “You have a disability.” This word is quite subjective. Different conditions affect people differently. For example, fibromyalgia’s effects range from...

“Disability” and “pain” are not synonymous, but they do have a very close relationship. Part of a disability is intense pain that makes daily living difficult. If Social Security Disability claimants do not visit doctors, a Claims Examiner might later claim the...

There is an old saying that change is the only constant in the universe. That saying is certainly appropriate for COVID-19 rules, as these rules are constantly changing. For example, the Food and Drug Administration just changed food labeling requirements for the...

Physically, emotionally, and in other ways, the coronavirus outbreak and quarantine has been hard on everyone. Immunocompromised people are especially at risk, particularly in terms of physical illness. These individuals are much more likely to contract a disease that...

Public health issues associated with the coronavirus outbreak appear to be waning. The Big Apple has become the worldwide epicenter of the pandemic. Yet New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced that “the worst is over.” Economic issues are another matter. In...

Many American households depend on SSI benefits. A quarter of folks over 65 count on SSI payment for 90 percent of their income. So, it’s hard to overstate the significance of this government benefit program. Until the early 1970s, individual states had various...