Posts tagged Social Security

• Congresswoman Warns About Too Many Social Security Disability Denials

  Brent Adams | February 25, 2008 12:40 AM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  After the lifelong epilepsy of Oro Valley, Arizona native Randall Burger became uncontrollable, he applied for benefits from Social Security disability. The agency denied his claim.U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Arizona) says that 64 percent of initial claims for disability are turned down by the Social Security Administration.Giffords' office came to the aid of Burger and upon appeal, his...

• Lack of Madical Care Increases Risk of Diabetes

  Brent Adams | February 19, 2008 10:19 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Diabetes is a leading cause of disability in the United States. Unfortunately, the poor who do not have access to good medical care are more prone to disability from this horrible disease that those who have access to good medical care.According to a study released on Friday, February 15 by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, managing the disabling condition of diabetes is made more...

• Social Security Disability Recipients To Get Debit Card

  Brent Adams | January 07, 2008 10:42 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Treasury Department has made plans to introduce a prepaid debit card for recipients of Social Security, including those receiving disability, in an effort to provide benefits payments that are safer and cheaper.The Direct Express debit card is to be introduced in a handful of states in the coming spring and rolled out by the end of the coming summer. Comerica Inc.'s Comerica Bank has been...

• Victims Warn Of Social Security Scam

  Brent Adams | December 12, 2007 11:09 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Two Nebraska women are warning those retired, on disability, or otherwise to be careful of phone calls from individuals claiming to be from the Social Security Administration.According to Gina Slavik, she took one such call and as a result, ended up losing money. Slavik referred to the individual she received the phone call from as "smooth." He called her with the message that she was owed a...

• Why Do Social Security Disability Claimants Have to Appeal to Get Benefits

  Brent Adams | December 06, 2007 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  North Dakota Senator Bryan Dorgan questions the high rate of social security disability claims denials. The fact that there is a high win rate at the appeal level suggests that too many claims are denied on the initial application.Dan Neer, A Bismarck, North Dakota man who suffers from chronic back pain has been battling the Social Security Administration to receive disability benefits. Neer...

• Government Goes After Disabled Orphan for Social Security Overpayment

  Brent Adams | December 05, 2007 10:36 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An Omaha, Nebraska orphan has been asked by the Social Security Administration to refund money that was paid to him 30 years ago.Jay Rovang, 50, said that he received a letter from the SSA which said that they wanted to be paid benefits that he was overpaid which total $662. Rovang is disabled and lives on a fixed income.According to Rovang, he began receiving survivor benefits at the age of...

• Military Gets Special Treatment From Social Security

  Brent Adams | December 04, 2007 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Men and women who have become disabled while on active duty serving in the U.S. military are receiving 'expedited processing' of disability claims from Social Security. The expedited process is for those members of the U.S. military who were disabled on or after the date of October 1, 2001, no matter where the disability occurred. Benefits can be applied for and received by those in the military...

• Long Delays For Social Security Disability Claimants

  Brent Adams | October 02, 2007 11:33 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Social Security Disability claimants should file their claims for Social Security Disability at the first indication that they may be disabled. The backlog of disability cases is so great that there is a long wait for cases to be heard and decided.The long delays have caused a great hardship on disabled claimants who are financially strapped and have no savings and are now out of work.The number...

• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Social Security Disability

  Vance Jennings | April 10, 2007 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsFayetteville, NC Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Q: What is the Social Security Administration's definition of disability?A: The Social Security Administration's rules and regulations define disability as the inability to do any substantial gainful activity (SGA) as the result of medically determinable mental and/or physical impairments. These mental and/or physical impairments must be those that (1) have lasted or are expected to last for a...