How does ssi benefits work, I need to know how the assets are accounted into your ability to be approved for ssi?

If you have no earnings record and can only apply for SSI then you have a problem. Your husband's income and resources could very well disqualify...

If no fault accident that occured in a low income rural area. Will that affect the amount of compensation you received at trial

If your accident was in August 2016, then that accident is more than two (2) years ago. You indicate your case is pending a trial. You appear to...

You apparently have returned to work in a Light Duty Capacity. You apparently are at maximum medical improvement (MMI). You are working in pain. I...

Supplemental Security income and SSDA...I am on disability, I recieve a little over four hundred in ssd and $369.00 in SSI

You must understand SSI is welfare disability. You get this partial SSI check because your SSDI check is so low. Generally, any other income or...

Selected as the best answer

SSI and Medicaid are welfare programs. Thus, receipt of "any" income or assets can adversely affect receipt of those welfare programs. If you do...

Can I file for disability?

Being under 5 foot in height does not qualify you for Social Security Disability. I understand you have difficulty standing for long periods of...

What resources are out there when I can't work?

Unless your back problem or your knee problems are "caused" by an accident at work and not just normal wear and tear, you don't have a workers...

Does a somatic symptom disorder-pain make my case stronger?

The somatic syndrome diagnosis means you don’t have pain but you think you have pain. I assume you have a lawyer. You should discuss this with your...

Can I begin job training in the same field of work for a new job while still getting medical help from workers comp from prior?

The Virginia WC Act does provide for job re-training. However, insurers usually choose “job placement” and decline to provide “job re-retraining”...

SSDI hearing?

If the questions the judge ask the vocational expert reflect the judge's views of the medical and other evidence, then I am afraid it does not look...