Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘supplemental security income’

You Are Going To Have To Work To Prove You Are Disabled!

You Are Going To Have To Work To Prove You Are Disabled!

Don’t misunderstand the title of this post. I’m not saying you need to go back to work in order to get Social Security Disability.  After all, the main reason you are applying for Social Security is because you can’t work. Still, it’s important that you understand the reality of the current climate: “The prolonged economic [...]

Unemployment Benefits vs. Social Security Benefits: How Do You Know Which One to Collect?

Unemployment Benefits vs. Social Security Benefits: How Do You Know Which One to Collect?

No one prepares you for being disabled. And few people plan for that day; the day that your medical condition keeps you from working.  Our society has been conditioned on the premise that we all go to work, we retire, and then sail off into the sunset. So when it happens, it’s no wonder you [...]

Q&A: Social Security Disability Today – 12.4.2011

Q&A:  Social Security Disability Today – 12.4.2011

1)      What if I can’t completely fill out the forms Social Security provides me, but do my best to complete? 2)      When should I hire a lawyer? 3)      I got a turn down letter on my second level of Ssdi. They said we know you have panic disorder and agoraphobia and you can’t go back [...]

Q&A: Social Security Disability Today – 11.20.2011

Q&A:  Social Security Disability Today – 11.20.2011

I was wondering say I am already on a continuing disability review, if I were to start the ticket to work program would I be fired from a job that they helped me receive if I were to be determined not disabled? Are there any rules that say we can’t have a po box because [...]

Q&A: Social Security Disability Today – 10.30.2011

Q&A: Social Security Disability Today – 10.30.2011

  1)      My question is, in the case of a condition that was approved for disability but is expected to get better in a short period of time(I am 22 years old)if i lose the weight within the next year am I obligated to tell ssa that my condition has improved or can I just [...]

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