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News Updates from the Baltimore Conference of the National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Reps

The Appeals Council Director, Patricia Jonas, reported that the average waiting time for a case at Appeals Council, is now 345 days. Due to budget…

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Coming Soon – A New Review of Award of Disability Benefits

The Social Security Administration has commissioned an independent review of the federal disability system to answer concerns that it awards benefits to those who don't…

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Helping with a disability application

Here's a novel gift family and friends can give to a person applying for disability…that can help win the case.    Lay witness statements carry great…

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What is Virtual Screening? Is it good that they are looking at my case?

The good news: Virtual Screening is a tool developed by Social Security (SSA) to speed up the process. Senior SSA attorneys identify cases that they…

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The Geography of Disability

Rates of disability in rural America are 80 percent higher than in the cities.  While the coal mining region of the Appalachian mountains has a…

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Wondering how to calculate the amount of parents' income that will be deemed against a disabled minor child's SSI ?

Here's a topic that perplexes a lot of folks, clients and lawyers alike.  What happens when a child is found disabled and entitled to SSI,…

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