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Social Security disability benefits are intended for individuals who cannot work due to a qualifying medical condition. One of the key symptoms that keeps many disabled individuals from working is pain. But “pain” can be difficult to quantify; how do you prove that you are in pain, let alone prove […]
The Social Security disability program requires that eligible claimants be completely disabled. This means that they cannot do the work they did before their disability, nor can they transition to any other type of work that would constitute Substantial Gainful Activity. While it may be easy to determine that you […]
Receiving letters from the Social Security Administration (SSA) can cause a pit in the stomach of many Social Security disability benefits recipients. While some letters from the SSA are benign, others can bring bad news, such as a denial of benefits, a notification of a continuing disability review, or a […]
Most applicants for Social Security disability benefits are not approved initially. According to the latest program statistics, only about 20% of applications are approved at the initial adjudicative level, meaning that the rest must move on to higher levels of review before they are ultimately approved. One of the most […]
The process of applying for Social Security disability benefits can be confusing, as it often consists of several layers of review by different parties within the Social Security Administration (SSA) before a final decision is reached. A centerpiece of the Social Security disability application process is the disability hearing, where […]