Benefits

Is Your Hearing the First Time You Will Meet with Your Social Security Lawyer?

October 4, 2010
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Not at our firm. We’ve personally observed claimants waiting at the hearing office, on the day of their hearing, to meet their lawyer for the very first time. Those lawyers are almost always from national firms, such as the ones that advertise on TV. And, it’s important to note, that they’re not always lawyers, either. [...]

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No More Paper Checks for Disability Recipients

September 9, 2010
Paper check from Social Security

Currently, Social Security recipients can receive their benefits either by direct deposit or paper check. But there is a change coming in the near future that you should be aware of. If you apply for Social Security disability benefits on or after March 1, 2011 you will be required to sign up for direct deposit [...]

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Things a Judge Will Not Consider at Your Disability Hearing

September 2, 2010

If you have applied for Social Security disability you probably don’t realize that many of the real-world circumstances you find yourself in won’t be considered by the judge that will hear your case. The judge won’t consider: That you cannot find a job The fact that there are no job openings where you live That [...]

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What Is the Five-step Process That Social Security Uses to Decide Disability Claims? (Part 5: Other Work)

August 30, 2010
Step 5 of the sequential evaluation process

Please keep in mind that a lot of the terms used by Social Security to determine disability have specific legal meanings and probably don’t mean what you think they do. Step 5 is usually the most complicated step in a Social Security disability case. It is also the one that we most frequently get to [...]

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What Is the Five-step Process That Social Security Uses to Decide Disability Claims? (Part 4: Past Relevant Work)

August 23, 2010
Step 4 of the sequential evaluation process

Please keep in mind that a lot of the terms used by Social Security to determine disability have specific legal meanings and probably don’t mean what you think they do. Assuming that you do not meet or equal a listed impairment at step 3, Social Security next decides whether or not you can do work [...]

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