Mental health conditions affect millions of people in California and can make it hard or impossible to hold steady work. If a mental illness limits your ability to work, you may be wondering whether your condition qualifies for Social Security Disability Insurance...
Applying for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a lengthy process that often includes a host of steps. One part of the process is showing how daily limitations impact your life. These descriptions help to show how the medical condition actually affects...
The road to getting approved for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) can be a long and bumpy one. To qualify, a person must have a disability or other medical condition that will prevent them from working for at least a year. Approval, however, isn’t the end...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) may schedule you for a consultative exam in Los Angeles, California if your medical records do not provide enough information about your disability claim. The SSA orders these exams when your own doctors have not documented...
For many people in California, high living costs make surviving alone on Supplemental Security Income (SSI) nearly impossible. Family members or friends commonly provide a place to stay to help. However, certain types of assistance can lead the Social Security...
A cancer diagnosis generally means a patient must undergo intensive medical interventions. Even a diagnosis in the early stages of cancer development may require surgery or costly immunotherapy drugs. Once the cancer begins spreading, treatment must become even more...
Suffering several broken bones in one accident can change a person's life. While many fractures heal, some cause lasting problems. In California, people with multiple fractures may face long recoveries, more than one surgery and permanent limits on movement....
Disability is very common in the United States. Some studies find that it affects roughly 61 million Americans. This is one out of every four adults, or 25 percent of the adult population. Odds are that everyone either has a disability themselves or knows someone who...
Professionals help fund Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits with every paycheck they earn. Funds withheld from workers’ checks support the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) benefits programs. Professionals often make use of those contributions...
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits exist to protect working adults from unexpected hardship caused by medical challenges. The Social Security Administration (SSA) looks carefully at every application for SSDI benefits. People generally need medical...
