To prove discrimination, would you have to get an attorney outside the social security disability expertise?

If you want disability benefits, then you must complete the forms. The forms and the requirements are the same for every applicant. Having been...

At what point do you realize that being denied for social security disability has nothing to do with your being disabled?

I am sorry for your understandably frustration. My recommendation is to obtain an attorney familiar with the Montana Administrative Law Judges...

To all social security disability lawyers, what is or was the longest running disability claim you ever seen or heard of?

I am sorry that you may well have the world record. The longest case I personally I have had is over five years.

Your daughter's benefits belong to her. Likewise, the student loan debt belongs to you. As long as your daughter's benefits are deposited into a...

What does the absence of the term de novo in a appeals council remand mean?

Yes, de novo means "of new". The Appeals Council has remanded the case to the Administrative Law Judge to review the case and instructed the...

Yes, you can always exercise your 5th amendment rights. Given the questions posed at the hearing with the exception of income from illegal...

I called a couple weeks ago to check the status of my SSI claim. I was told a decision had been made, but

Quality Review is Social Security's internal review procedure to insure that the correct decision is reached in both cases approved and denied . ...

I'm on Social Security Disability(SSDI Benefit only) and if I reopen LNI then ...

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My daughter just called social security to check on her disability application status. They told her a decision

There is no way to know whether your daughter has been approved or denied just because a decision has been issued. You will receive a decision in...

Does ssdi/ssi take 3 to 4 years to get.when appling for ti.

I practice here in Washington and two years has historically been the time frame, but it is increasingly stretching out to three years. Moreover,...