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Achieving Better Life Experiences Act
The Achieving Better Life Experiences (ABLE) Act became law in December, 2014. This law allows individuals who become disabled before age 26 open special accounts to be used for disability related expenses. ABLE accounts can grow without the earnings being taxed and significant amounts can be accumulated without affecting an…
Listing of Impairments
Social Security Ruling 96-5p recognizes that your treating doctors are usually the best source of finding of medical information determining whether your condition meets the Listing of Impairments requirements. Often time this requires presenting detailed questionnaires to the physician along with a copy of the applicable regulations for his/her review.…
What are ‘Compassionate Allowances’?
If you have a disabling condition, you already know that it can affect just about every aspect of your life. You can become more dependent on your loved ones; you might require ongoing care and regular hospital visits; you can be dealing with incredible amounts of stress, sadness and anxiety.…
Medical Condition Guidelines
Social Security Administration has established some specific guidelines for many different medical conditions. If your physical or mental condition meets these guidelines (known as the Listing of Impairments) it greatly increases the likelihood that you will be granted benefits. Also, if your condition does not exactly meet the criteria established…
Family members: You can be eligible for disability benefits too
Readers of this blog should be well aware that people who have severe, disabling illnesses and injuries are often eligible for government support through Social Security disability benefits. However, you might not know that family members of SSDI recipients may also qualify for benefits. These benefits can be of great help for…
SSR 85-28
Social Security Ruling 85-28 states that medical evidence must clearly establish an individual’s impairment(s) considered in combination, is not medically severe before the case can be denied at the initial stages. Although often unhelpful in some respects, the assessments by consultative examiners hired by the Social Security Administration can be…
SSR 05-02
According to Social Security Ruling 96-3p, impairment is considered severe if it “significantly limits an individual’s physical or mental abilities to do basic work activities.” Under the same Guidelines, “an impairment that is ‘not severe’ might be a slight abnormality (or a combination of slight abnormalities) that has no more…
Legal guidance crucial in presenting medical evidence
If you are suffering from a mental or physical condition that is severe enough to disrupt your ability to care for yourself and do the things you used to do, then your medical issues are undoubtedly among your top concerns at any given time. Now, you and your doctors may…
Unsuccessful Work Attempt
According to the unsuccessful work attempt rule, employment activity does not demonstrate an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity if, after working no more than six months, an individual either stops work or reduces it below substantial gainful activity level for reasons related to his/her mental and physical impairments.…
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