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If I Win My Social Security Case, How Long Will it Take to Get my Benefits?

After you win a disability case the Social Security Administration must processes the claim(s) before benefits can start.  The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that heard your case will put his or her decision in writing and mail it to the address you have on file with the Social Security Administration.  Claimants typically start receiving benefits […]

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Sustainability as an Alternate Theory

Many disabled individuals are able to do some amount of work.  You might qualify for Social Security disability benefits even if you are able to do a part time job.  Social Security looks at whether you can do a full time job to decide if you qualify for disability benefits.  They also look at whether […]

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SSI Income Limits: How Much is Too Much?

To qualify for Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI), your household income must fall under both the income and resource limits. Income is money you earn such as a salary or other wages and other forms of income, such as unemployment or workman’s compensation benefits.  However, Social Security does not count all benefits.  For example, food stamps […]

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Can my Social Security benefits be seized to pay child support, or for other reasons?

Supplemental Security Income payments cannot be levied or garnished.  In general, federal law protects Social Security benefits from assignment, levy, or garnishment.  However, there are five exceptions in which Social Security benefits may be garnished.  The federal government can garnish Social Security benefits to enforce child support or alimony obligations.  They may also collect unpaid […]

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Initial Application and Legal Representation

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The decision to file a Social Security disability application does not come about easily and it is not reached after mere superficial reflection. The time period that precedes the filing of disability applications is generally marked with difficulties in both the physical and economic sense. Your medical condition may be increasingly intolerable and the financial […]

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The Dangers of Handling your Social Security Disability Case Without an Attorney

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Why is it dangerous not to have an Advocate (Attorney or even non-legal Representative) at your Social Security Disability case? You’ve filed your application.  You’ve waited months (and sometimes years) for your hearing to be scheduled.  The day of your hearing is swiftly approaching.  You will get one chance to convince the judge you are […]

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Getting Social Security Disability because of Heart Failure

Heart failure, also known as Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is typically defined as a condition in which the heart is unable to pump enough blood to the other organs of the body. Consequently, the blood is not able to move easily through the circulatory system, which further increases the pressure in the blood vessels and […]

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Social Security Disability Forms

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Social Security Disability Forms are part of the paperwork you have to fill out during the disability application process.  You have to do some of the forms when you start your case, while others are mailed to you by Social Security after you have already started your case. The Disability Forms ask about your work […]

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