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Category Archives: SSD
110,000 People Died Waiting For SSD Benefits
A shocking new report from the federal government’s non-partisan U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that from 2008 to 2019, almost 110,000 people died while waiting for the government to make a final decision about their Social Security disability benefits. In addition, 48,000 applicants waiting…
What Happens If Your Disability Claim Is Denied?
If your Social Security Disability or SSI benefit claim has been denied, you are not alone. In fact, it is more common than not for such a disability claim to be initially denied. Fortunately, you still have options. Here, we discuss what happens, or what…
Why Are Disability Claims Denied?
The disability claims processcan be frustrating. It can be long, involved, and complex. This is all on top of the fact that you need these benefits to provide financial support when you are unable to work due to a disabling condition. Unfortunately, it is more…
Social Security Disability Claim Denied? You Can Take A Mulligan
The official rules of golf say you must play your ball where it lies. The unofficial rules of golf allow players to take a mulligan. A mulligan is a do-over. It’s a chance to take another shot when your ball doesn’t end up where you…
Does Chronic Fatigue Caused By COVID-19 Qualify For Disability?
The longer this pandemic lasts, the more we realize how much we don’t know about SARS-CoV-2. At first, we were told it is like the flu. Then we were warned it is more serious than the flu, but only the elderly and infirm are at…
Yes- Blood Disorders are a Disability
There’s a great new craze That’s sweeping the nation Come on do the Circulation! It starts with your heart, What a great sensation, Come on do the Circulation! -School House Rock’s “Do the Circulation” It’s not as well-known as the ditty about how a bill…
SSD Benefits and Sleep Disorders
New York City is known as the “City that Never Sleeps,” but for area residents that suffer from a severe sleep disorder, this is not something to celebrate. People with sleep disorders are often discriminated against and derided as lazy because healthy sleepers just don’t…
Just Because SS Offices Are Closed Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Apply
On March 17, 2020 the Social Security Administration closed all of its local offices in order to protect its employees and the people it serves from the coronavirus. As the agency points out in its closure notification, the population it serves is made up of…
Applying For Disability After Workers’ Comp
Workers’ compensation benefits are great. Here in New York, the law requires that workers’ comp provide you with medical benefits and some income while you recover from an on-the-job injury. But what happens when those benefits run out before you have completely healed? What happens…
ABLE Accounts Can Help Break Down Barriers To Disability Benefits
As attorneys that focus a lot of our time and attention on helping people in New York City tap into disability benefits, we are used to cutting through red tape. We can jump through bureaucratic hoops and shuffle mountains of paperwork with the best of…
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