Study Reveals Positive Effect of Professional Representation at Social Security Hearings

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) study of hearings-level award rates for disability claims revealed that “claimants who had representation at their hearings, were allowed benefits...

It’s getting harder to get Disability.

In 2016, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the number of Americans receiving Social Security disability payments declined. The 8.89 million people receiving...

2016 SSA Changes:

Right now it takes a year or more to get your hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. (National time is 505 days, Ft. Worth is...

SSA Disability for Migraines

In order to be awarded disability benefits, you must show a “medically determinable impairment.” This means medical tests must support your claims. Occasionally, evidence of...

Social Security Facts for Women

If you have worked at least 10 years and/or earned 40 work credits, you are vested in the SS program. That means once you turn...

SSI Eligibility and Trusts

SSI is an income based disability program. This is for people who have not worked and/or had reported earnings which would qualify them for SSDI...

How important is it that I see a doctor while applying for disability?

Extremely important! I often find myself repeating to my clients one of two phrases: “God helps those who help themselves” SSA feels the same way....

When will my benefits begin once I establish that I am disabled?

Just like most areas of law, the answer is that it depends…. For SSI benefits, (need based) you are eligible to receive payments the first...