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Social Security Disability Application, Build A Foundation

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Social Security Disability Application, Build A Foundation

The process to obtain benefits can be a long and challenging adventure even in the best of cases.  A rare medical condition, unique work history, or cracks inside SSA can all lead to your denial of benefits.  This post is the first in a series of posts about the process to obtain benefits and the foundation that is required to be successful.

Social Security begins with an initial application.  If you are filing for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and for ...

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ARE YOUR PROBLEMS WITH DIABETES DISABLING?

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ARE YOUR PROBLEMS WITH DIABETES DISABLING?

Over the last month most of the possible new Social Security clients I have met with have been diagnosed with diabetes.  While it seems to be quite a coincidence that it coincides so close in time with Paula Dean’s announcement of a Type II Diabetes diagnosis I have no reason to believe the two are connected. The one thing that was common amount the folks I met with were all in a lot of pain and had all worked very ...

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YOU SHOULD MEET YOUR LAWYER BEFORE YOUR SSA HEARING

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YOU SHOULD MEET YOUR LAWYER BEFORE YOUR SSA HEARING

For the vast majority of my Social Security Disability clients their claim for Social Security Disability (SSDI) and/or Social Security Insurance (SSI) benefits is the best means they have available to return to financial stability.  As you go through the process of obtaining that stability through Social Security, your hearing before the Administrative law Judge (ALJ) is the most important day in your case.  Your hearing, usually a year after you first applied, is the first chance you and your ...

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