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Social Security COLA For 2013

COLA is short for Cost of Living Allowance.  In 2013, the Social Security Administration issued a 1.7% COLA. This rate increase will apply to the 62 million Americans who receive monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. For some beneficiaries, the Social Security increase may be partially or totally setoff by the increases …

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Social Security Benefit Calculation | SSA Calculator

AARP recently launched its Social Security Benefits Calculator, a planning resource to help Americans decide when to claim benefits and to assist them in preparing for retirement. Many people question when they should claim Social Security benefits. Amazingly, more than half of those claiming retirement benefits in 2009 elected to receive benefits as soon as …

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Calendar Of Dates Or Schedule For Social Security Disability Payments

Schedule For Social Security Disability Payments Social Security disability, survivor, and retirement benefits are paid in the month after they are payable. The benefit payment day is determined by the day of the month the payment recipient was born. For beneficiaries born between the 1st of the month and the 10th of the month, benefits …

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Rules And Requirements To Qualify For Social Security Disability Or SSI

The rules and requirements to qualify for Social Security disability cases are relatively straight-forward. In short, in order to be eligible for either Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability benefits, a claimant must satisfy both the medical and non-medical (financial) requirements for benefits. For the medical requirements, Social Security will …

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Response To The National Review’s Attack On Binder & Binder

Today, the National Review published a partisan attack on the organization Binder & Binder, and collaterally on the Social Security Disability system of benefits, in an article titled Binder on Binder & Binder.Notice that I called Binder & Binder an organization and not a law firm. This is by choice as it is not really a …

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Residual Functional Capacity Or RFC

Residual Functional Capacity (RFC) is the most a person can do despite that person’s limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). A claimant’s RFC is assessed using all relevant evidence in the record. These records may include medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and the claimant’s own descriptions of his or her limitations. Guilliams v. Barnhart, 393 …

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Residual Functional Capacity Form | RFC | Medical Source Statement | MSS

Your impairments, and any related symptoms, such as pain, may cause physical and mental limitations that affect what you can do in a work setting. Your “residual functional capacity” is the most you can still do despite your limitations. Social Security will assess your residual functional capacity based on all the relevant evidence in your …

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Reasons Denied Disability: Failing To Obtain Medical Treatment With Any Doctor

I cannot emphasize enough that the most important part of a disability claim is medical records. The most common response I receive from my clients is, “How am I supposed to see a doctor or go to the hospital if I don’t have any money or insurance?” This is a valid point. In fact, lack …

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How To Get A Quicker Social Security Disability Decision With A “Dire Need” Letter

The Social Security Administration recognizes that some people applying for Social Security disability need to have their claims processed faster than others because of a critical condition. This is referred to as “dire need,” and there are rules in place for making these processes speedier, found in HALLEX I-2-1-40 and in HALLEX I-3-1-51 for hearing …

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Quick Disability Determinations | QDD

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is committed to providing benefits quickly to claimants whose medical conditions are so serious that they clearly meet Social Security’s strict disability standards. Social Security’s two fast-track processes, Quick Disability Determination (QDD) and Compassionate Allowances (CAL), use technology to identify claimants with the most severe disabilities and allow SSA to …

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