Is there a onset date or date of disability that I have to use instead of my original date in 2012 or any advise on re applying?

We aren't allowed to contact you directly. Use the Find a Lawyer directory on the AVVO'S website and review the attorney profiles to contact a...

If you collect social security disability will that affect your retirement at all or in anyway?

If you are not working, collecting disability actually protects your retirement benefits because there is a disability "freeze" on the years you...

How does social security and widows benefits work.

You can collect benefits at age 60 since he died. You don't have to wait until age 62.

SSI and real estate

If the SSI person sells the residence, unless the proceeds are put into another residence within 3 months from the date of the sale, the money will...

Am I eligible to file on a restricted basis before April 29, 2016? Where do I get an atty to help with the forms and documents?

This has always been a complicated area for Social Security beneficiaries, and as you state, Social Security is closing off this planning tactic as...

What should I do now? Have lost 1-2 jobs because of not being able to use hand,dropping things cant hold things,was mechanic .

The first thing you need to do is find a good local Workers Compensation attorney. Don't rely on your employer or their doctor to take proper care...

Lawyer told me my online school wouldn't hurt case for my SSDI or I would quit now the night before hearing lawyer said refile!?

I know you are upset and rightly so. Fire your lawyer, ask for a postponement and tell the judge something has come up so that you have lost...

I'm I able to receive Worker's Compensation , VA disability and SSI all at the same time

You would apply for SSDI not SSI. Your VA income makes you ineligible for SSI which is a welfare type of program for low income individuals who are...

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How does inheritance affect my Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits?

No effect whatsoever. SSDI is not a welfare type program. You paid into it and earned the benefits.

What should I do? Is she for real? Is what they did truly legal? Why would I just give up on my SSDI case & lose all that money?

I agree with Mr Pham. It is hard to second guess another attorney, but going to school, especially online, is not the case killer some lawyers seem...