The Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Compassionate Allowances Initiative (CAI) allows the SSA to expedite its processing of claims for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for claimants whose medical impairments are “so severe that their conditions…
If you are a veteran of one of the United States Armed Forces and are no longer able to work due to your service-connected or non-service-connected impairments, you may be eligible for Social Security disability benefits. While most veterans upon…
Once you have completed your application for Social Security disability benefits, your state’s office of Disability Determination Services (DDS), a state agency that receives federal funding to adjudicate disability claims for the Social Security Administration (SSA) at the initial and…
If you or a loved one are unable to work because of symptoms caused by Crohn’s disease, a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, you may be eligible for Social Security disability benefits, including both Social Security Disability Insurance…
Major depressive disorder can without question preclude an individual from working even a part-time, let alone full-time, job. Though there are many types of depression, severe depression of any form can be disabling in that severe disturbances in motivation and…
If you are a Social Security disability claimant awaiting a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) in Denver, Colorado, this article will briefly outline some key information that will help…
If you have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD, regardless of whether your stressor event occurred as the result of military service, an automobile or work accident, or a violent crime committed against you or a loved one, you…
If you suffer from severe migraine headaches and have no other severe or non-severe medical impairments, you may still be able to qualify for Social Security disability benefits be either equaling a listing contained in the Social Security Administration’s Listing…
If you have previously filed a claim for Social Security disability benefits and your claim was denied at the hearing level by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), your second claim for benefits may be denied based on res judicata, which…
If you file a claim for Social Security disability benefits but your initial application is denied, rather than giving up or filing a new application for benefits, you almost certainly will be better served by filing a timely appeal within…
