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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Will There Be a 2010 Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) Increase for People With Disability Benefits?
For the last thirty years, recipients of social security disability payments have, each year, received an increase in their benefits. This increase is known as the cost of living increase. Each year inflation is assumed to increase the cost of … Continue reading
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I Was Approved for VA Disability, Will I Also be Approved for Social Security Disability?
Being approved for VA benefits does not mean your social security disability claim will be approved. The VA approves or denies benefits based whether the impairment originated while the claimant was engaged in military service and gives percentages as to … Continue reading
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Are there Certain Physical and Mental Medical Conditions or Illnesses which Always Result in an Award of Benefits?
There is a list of certain physical and mental medical conditions or illnesses which Social Security uses when evaluating disability claims. If you have a medical condition which is on that list, and which is proven by medical evidence you … Continue reading
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Get your Doctor to Write a Supporting Statement for your Social Security Disability or SSI Case
A statement from your doctor may be one of the most helpful tools to use when trying to win your SSD and SSI case. Judges look at these forms in a particularly favorable light if the written statement details what … Continue reading
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