If you are filing your claim pro se, you are inadvertently telling the SSA that you find yourself skilled and mentally competent enough to...

Yes, you can terminate the relationship with your representative lawyer. However, he will generally still be entitled to a fee for the work done...

Fortunately yes, because you earned and paid for these insurance benefits, you can receive them after moving to all but a few countries you...

So, it sounds like you are receiving suvivor benefits based on your mom's passing. I am very sorry for your loss. You mention no eligibility or...

Fortunately, SSDI being insurance payments you paid for, you are utterly free to own and become indebted in any way you wish without implicating...

First, if I am reading this right, your mom was not receiving SSI but was receiving SSDI that she earned and paid for. I say this because there is...

No, a benefit one is entitled to does not convert based on moving to a different state.

I agree with the above. Many of us work with your kinds of impairments and vocational profile. I do not think you should start without...

It sounds like mental health issues are your limiting factors, yes? (Aside from perhaps not being able to be a chef or a food or perfume critic.)....

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Quick answer 99% of the time is that you will want to file a timely appeal. HOWEVER, I urge you to not go it without an attorney b/c later when you...