I meet with many clients that are diagnosed with breast cancer that are surprised to learn that they may never qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Although Social Security recognizes breast cancer as a severe impairment, if the cancer is discovered at ...
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Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance while Receiving Long Term Disability Benefits
When you are receiving Long Term Disability ("LTD") benefits, you are normally required by your LTD insurer to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance ("SSDI"). Your LTD carrier will normally provide you with an option of using a legal representative that they hire. The representative is not always an attorney. Normally ...
Social Security High Denial Rates by Delaware ALJ Focus of another News Journal Article
The Delaware News Journal has published another article in the series focusing on high denial rates by Delaware Administrative Law Judges. The most recent article focuses on the Chief Judge of the Dover Delaware Office of Disability Adjudication and Review ("ODAR"). I previously wrote a post last month detailing the impact that ...
Impact of High Administrative Law Judge Denial Rates on Disabled Delaware Residents
The Delaware News Journal published several articles this week discussing the denial rates of Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) that work for the Social Security Administration. The focus of the series was on the Dover Delaware Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR). The articles noted that Delaware residents have faced a higher standard to ...
Disability Approval Rates for Dover Delaware Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Things are about to get interesting at the Dover Delaware Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. The Delaware News Journal is running a teaser on its website indicating that an article titled "Social Insecurity: Are Judges Fair?" will run in the Sunday, November 22, 2009 edition (*UPDATE* article posted:
Role of the Social Security Administration District Office in Your Disability Determination
When you apply for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits (SSDI) and/or Supplemental Security Income Payments (SSI) it is important that you understand how the disability determination is made. The decision of whether you are medically disabled is not actually made at your local Social Security Administration Office. The role of the Social Security Administration District ...
Part 3, What Happens During My Social Security Disability/SSI Hearing?
What to Expect at a Social Security Disability/SSI Administrative Law Judge Hearing Part 3, What Happens During My Social Security Disability/SSI Hearing? My prior posts in this series focused on preparing for an Administrative Law Judge Hearing, and what to expect the day of your hearing. This post focuses on what happens during the ...
Part II, The Day of Your Social Security Disability Administrative Law Judge Hearing
What to Expect at a Social Security Disability/SSI Administrative Law Judge Hearing Part II, The Day of Your Administrative Law Judge Hearing My previous post (My Social Security Disability/SSI ALJ Hearing Was Scheduled, Now What?) described what to do to prepare for an Administrative Law Judge ...
My Social Security Disability/SSI ALJ Hearing Was Scheduled, Now What?
What to Expect at a Social Security Disability/SSI Administrative Law Judge Hearing An Administrative Law Judge Hearing for Social Security Disability Insurance ("SSDI") or Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") can be a very stressful event. For most individuals, you have already been waiting two or more years since you initially applied for Social Security disability benefits before ...
Updates to Provide Your Attorney While a Social Security Disability Claim is Pending
When you have a claim pending for Social Security Disability Benefits/SSI, it is very important that you keep your attorney informed about any relevant changes in your life. Normally the Social Security Administration obtains details about your eligibility and your medical condition when you apply for benefits, but they rarely update the information while the ...