New Social Security Report Findings You Should KnowThe 2019 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Funds was released on April 22, 2019. The 2019 Trustees … [Read more...]
Expediting Your Social Security Claim
Expedite Your Social Security Claim with an Attorney Advisor The Attorney Advisor Program allows certain staff attorneys at the Social Security Administration (SSA) to conduct prehearing proceedings and issue fully favorable decisions on the record … [Read more...]
Study Reveals Positive Effect of Legal 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 awarded benefits at a rate nearly 3 times higher than those who proceeded … [Read more...]
Why does it take so long?
I try to warn clients during our first meeting, that SSA will not move quickly. This is hard to accept since most people are in dire financial situations and without health insurance during this time period. In 2015, the national average … [Read more...]