Does Social Security Deny Strong Disability Claims?

The fact is, SSA routinely denies exceptionally strong claims. As a former disability examiner, I particularly recall one case in which an individual was denied at the initial claim level. The DDS (disability determination services) physician who signed off on the case did so using the rationale that the victim's burns did not cause enough stricture (narrowing of tissue resulting in limitations

Can Younger People Get Disability Benefits?

While there is no doubt that it is more difficult to be approved for Social Security disability or approved for Supplemental Security Income disability if you are a younger individual, it is not impossible.

Social Security uses a disability guidebook that contains a listing of impairments for all of the body systems and the criteria needed to meet the severity requirements of the various

Is A Social Security Disability Reconsideration Usually Denied?

Social Security disability win ratios are not high at any level of the disability process other than the Administrative Law Judge Hearing. Only an average of thirty-five individuals out of every one hundred individuals who file initial disability claims are approved for disability benefits. Which means that sixty-five of those individuals will have to decide whether or not to begin the Social

Social Security Disability Medical Information

Many disability applicants have to attend Social Security disability consultative examinations to receive a medical decision on their disability claim because their medical evidence is to old to be considered current, or they have no medical evidence at all for Social Security to make their medical disability determinations.

Generally, Social Security, for its disability determinations, would

When You Are Applying For Social Security Disability Can You Own Property?

If you are applying for Social Security disability, you can have property. Social Security disability is not a need-based program that requires an individual to meet certain asset resource limits.

Social Security disability is based strictly upon an individual’s insured status and insured status is gained through work activity. Each year an individual can earn up to four quarters of coverage

Atherosclerosis, the hardening of arteries due to cholesterol build up, can often be Prevented

1. Atherosclerosis is the thickening of walls of arteries due to the build up of cholesterol.

2. Arteries, the blood vessels through which blood flows away from the heart, have three layers: the tissue wall, muscle, and epithelial cells in the center.

3. People can have atherosclerosis for years before noticing the problem. Often the first noticeable symptom is a heart attack.

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How Is A Social Security Disability Claim Affected If I Move During My Review?

Someone recently wrote: "How Is A Social Security Disability Claim Affected If I Move During My Review? I Am Moving From One County To Another But Within The Same State"

The most important thing to remember about Social Security disability is that it is a federal disability program and, as such, individuals who receive disability benefits are free to move around within the United States. This,