The Social Security Administration announced this week that it has added 12 Compassionate Allowance conditions to its list of conditions that qualify for expedited processing. Beginning August 1, individuals with these conditions will no longer be required to provide...
President Barack Obama told reporters yesterday that the United States does not risk default on its debts because its government cannot put politics aside. Today, the president warned that, if Congress and the administration cannot come to terms on the deficit, about...
Certainly, the Social Security Disability application process is a complicated and frustrating one. From filling out the tedious paperwork, to providing detailed proof of your disability and its effects on your life, and then to sitting through the year-long (or...
This week, an unauthorized biographer has reported that pop singer Lady Gaga chooses many of her outlandish wigs and costumes to hide the side effects of lupus. Last year, Lady Gaga admitted that she had tested "borderline positive" for lupus, but that she was not...
For years, the Social Security Administration has only released the data on each of its administrative law judge's Social Security Disability appeal approval rates by request. Now, in response to mounting pressure from both Congress and the media, it posts the monthly...
California residents are struggling. Faced with unrelenting unemployment and one of the worst housing markets in the country, many people are having trouble making ends meet. So many people will likely empathize with one 59-year-old North Carolina man, or at least...
In 2008, applicants who have appealed the denial of Social Security Disability benefits could find themselves waiting for well over a year for their appeals to be heard, as the average SSD appeal wait time peaked at 508 days. Since then, the Social Security...
When you suffer from a disease that is not well-known or that does not display any physical symptoms, it can be difficult or even impossible to receive any understanding or empathy from your family, your boss, or even your doctor. Sadly, this is often the case with...
Last month, the Social Security Administration issued a notice alerting Social Security Disability applicants and benefit recipients of a fairly significant change to its procedures. Starting immediately, the SSA will no longer suspend or deny Social Security benefit...
After an accusatory article in the Wall Street Journal called attention to the unexplained high rate of disability case approvals in one West Virginia county, that district's chief Social Security Administration judge has officially stepped down from his post....
