Income, resources and SSI
Applicants for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) understand that the program is designed for folks with limited resources and income. If you have too much of…
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The VA Must Help Vets with Medical Forms Needed to Apply for Social Security Benefits
A little-known Veterans Health Administration (VHA) directive requires VHA health care providers to help veterans in applying for Social Security Disability and other benefits not…
Read More 3.6 percent increase in veterans disability compensation approved by the House
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers this week backed a 3.6 percent increase in veterans disability compensation for the coming year, sending the measure to the White…
Read More Can This Case Be Won? Episode Four
This feature appears from time to time as a means of illustrating the challenges that most applicants for social security disability benefits undergo, in their…
Read More Smartphone App Answers Questions about Disability Benefits?
Recently, I came across an articles in the Washington Post (reprinted in the Bend Bulletin), enthusiastically describing a new smartphone app that helps people with…
Read More Good News for Social Security Recipients!
After receiving no cost-of-living increase (COLA) for two years running, the nation's 63 million elderly and disabled Social Security recipients will get a 3.6 percent…
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