Meeting the Duration Requirement
July 10, 2013
Your impairment must have lasted or be expected to last for a continuous period of 12 months for you to qualify for benefits. You don’t
Your impairment must have lasted or be expected to last for a continuous period of 12 months for you to qualify for benefits. You don’t
Some disability claimants, once they are awarded benefits, worry that something might happen to make the benefits stop. For the most part, you don’t have
Even if you are granted Social Security disability benefits, you might later receive notice of a “continuing disability review” and wonder what this is. The
If you make a strong enough case for your disability that you are granted a favorable decision, you might wonder exactly what happens next. A
The Social Security Administra¬tion uses the “Sequential Evaluation Process” to determine your eligibility for benefits. The first step in the Sequential Evaluation Process evaluates whether
You usually have 60 days to file an appeal after receiving a denial notice, plus an extra five days to allow for mailing. For the
“I can’t work, but I’ve been receiving unemployment because I need a roof over my head. Will getting unemployment cause my SSA disability appeal to
An award of benefits by Social Security for a claimant’s disability may be subject to offset because of payments received from Workers’ Compensation and/or State
A study conducted by the Government Accountability Office found that people who hired an attorney nearly tripled their odds of success. You can be one of them.
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