When isn't Depression and Anxiety Enough for Disability Benefits?
Consider a person whose depression and anxiety are apparent the minute you meet him. Is there any way he can lose his case for disability…
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Long Term Disability And The ERISA Law
Denial of Long-Term and Short-Term Disability Benefits (ERISA and Non-ERISA) We handle claims by individuals for non-payment and termination of payment for short-term and long-term…
Read More Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a frustrating and mysterious disease, in which people experience long-term, body-wide pain and tender points in joints, muscles, tendons, and other soft tissues.…
Read More Getting help with property taxes as an Oregonian on disability
If you are an Oregonian on SSD or SSI and are fighting to keep your home due to the cost of property taxes, there is a…
Read More Good news for Disability Claimants in Oregon
It’s rare to be able to share good news. Our clients are disabled Oregonians, who are unable to work anymore and who often are in…
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Understanding how Social Security evaluates disability
I came across this helpful chart recently, which illustrates the five-step process. Source: http://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/rsnotes/rsn2013-01.html. Illustration adapted from Lahiri, Vaughan, and Wixon (1995).
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