Social Security Disability
Denied for Disability? Stay Positive and Let the People at Social Security Do Their Job
Here’s another great video in our Social Security Disability series. Harold Cameron of Haroldsays tells us what to do when experiencing a delayed response to an appeal for getting on Social Security disability. Most importantly: Remain patient and positive! There’s a huge backlog, but the people at Social Security are working very hard for you. [...]
Denied for Social Security Disability? Watch this video…
Bob shares his experience with getting on Social Security disability. His advice: 1) Most people are denied the first time they apply, 2) always appeal, and 3) after the first appeal, get a lawyer.
Bob: Hi everybody. Bob here with another version of “What The Heck?” This is episode 8. Today we’re going to talk about [...]
Social Security Holds Compassionate Allowances Hearing on Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease
Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, today hosted the agency’s fourth public hearing on Compassionate Allowances. Commissioner Astrue was joined by Marie A. Bernard, M.D., Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, and other Social Security officials. They heard testimony from some of the nation’s leading experts on early-onset [...]
The Biggest Misconceptions about Social Security Disability
The biggest misconceptions I hear about Social Security cases are:
“If my doctor agrees I can’t work, surely I will receive benefits”, or “I’m disabled because I can’t return to my old job”, or “It shouldn’t take long to find out if I qualify for disability”.
The truth is that that it doesn’t really matter what your [...]
SSI or SSDI?
Hi, this is Don Jorgensen again with MySocialSecurityAttorney.com and this… today’s topic is going to be Social Security Disability Benefits, SSDI vs. SSI, what’s best for me?
Now, in order to understand Social Security, or SSI vs. SSDI, let me take a step back. Social Security, everyone knows or most people know about Social Security [...]
Social Security Disability Denied? Tell your story!
Have you applied for and been denied for Social Security Disability? Tell your story to the world by posting your comment.
Just yesterday we read a heartbreaking SS disability story by PASMdude, and there are surely other people out there who want to tell their story of being denied or having to struggle to get their [...]
Social Security Disability Nighmare
PASMdude relates his horrifying story of trying to get on Social Security disability.
PASMdude: Since I am on Social Security disability I’ve been asked basically how the process works. It is very, very difficult and there’s a huge bureaucracy that has manuals this thick, on how to deny you and you can almost be certain that [...]
Social Security Disability Law in Alabama
J. Stuart McAtee describes what Social Security Disability law is and helps you understand your rights.
J. Stuart McAtee: One of the areas our firm handles is Social Security disability. A lot of disabled workers in America today are unaware that they qualify for Social Security disability benefits, and also we’re one of the few firms [...]
Social Security Benefits #1 Myth: Everyone Gets Denied
Kenneth LaVan: “The number 1 myth about receiving Social Security disability benefits is that everyone who applies gets denied. Now, the reason that is a myth and it’s not correct is that, obviously, everyone who applies who applies does not get denied.
Many doctors, nurses and other people that I have given presentations in front [...]
Social Security Disability Lawyers
Adam Neidenberg: At LaVan and Neidenberg we take cases to the federal district court if the administrative law judge makes errors in law. For example, if the administrative law judge determines that an individual is unable to perform the full range of light work and does not have a vocational expert at the hearing, that [...]
