“Maybe you should apply for disability” is perhaps the worst thing that a patient can hear from a doctor. Typically, your job defines you. Inability to work does not just take away your ability to earn money. In a very real way, it also takes away your identity....

Heermans Social Security Law Firm is pleased to share some good news - almost two years to the day after they closed, over 1,200 Social Security Administration field offices will once again be open for business. Since offices closed, employees have handled most tasks...

Social Security Disability payments are a last resort for most people. They would prefer to work if they could. But a crippling physical, mental, or emotional condition makes that impossible. But the environment is changing. About 20 percent of workers now work from...

As time goes on, no one is sure how long the worldwide coronavirus and its variants; omicron, delta etc…outbreak will last. But we are sure that the measures used to combat it around the world have been exhausting to everyone over the last couple of years. It seems...

The Heermans Social Security Disability Law Firm wants to wish everyone a happy 2021-2022 holiday season. In light of the world wide pandemic and the difficult challenges this has brought to most everyone around the world, we are also sensitive to the fact that it has...

Little children wait a year for Santa to slide down the chimney. Both adult and child disability applicants usually wait much longer than that for their first checks to arrive. At the SSA Memphis Regional Office, the average wait time for an appeal hearing is eight...

Every year, vehicle collisions kill or seriously injure millions of Americans. Many of these wrecks happen during the holiday season, when traffic increases and the weather is normally bad. From a fault standpoint, many of these wrecks are quite complex. The tragic...

In recognition of November celebrating Veterans Day for the service and sacrifice of Veterans and their families, this article serves as a guide and discussion for veterans applying for SSD/SSDI for PTSD. Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars suffer from Post...

The Social Security Disability system is long and frustrating, to say the least. However, there are 37,776 reasons to go through this process. That’s the maximum SSD annual benefit in 2021. For people who are disabled and unable to pay regular bills, let alone their...

Did you know that if your disability claim is denied, there are 4 disability claim levels? Having a disability claim denied is not only common but especially true if  you do not have a lawyer by your side. Occasionally, the stars align in Social Security Disability...