SSDI

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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What Is the Five-step Process That Social Security Uses to Decide Disability Claims? (Part 3: The Listing of Impairments)

May 27, 2010
Step 3 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. Social Security has a list of impairments that it uses at this step to determine if you are disabled. If your impairments is on the [...]

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What Is the Five-step Process That Social Security Uses to Decide Disability Claims? (Part 2: Severity & Duration)

May 22, 2010
Step 2 of the sequential evaluation process

This is the second installment of our explanation of the 5-step process that Social Security uses to determine if your are disabled. 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. After Social Security [...]

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How Much is SSDI Increased Every Year?

April 20, 2010
COLA, increase

SSDI is increased each year according to the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) for that year. Social Security law states that benefits will increase automatically each year if there is an increase in inflation. (In general, the COLA is equal to the increase in the Consumer Price Index. If there is no increase in the Consumer [...]

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What Is the Five-step Process That Social Security Uses to Decide Disability Claims? (Part 1: SGA)

April 13, 2010

Social Security uses what it calls a “sequential five-step process” to decide disability claims. As you work your way through the steps, if you do not meet the requirement of a step, Social Security can deny you. We will discuss each step in a separate post. Please keep in mind that alot of the terms used by Social [...]

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