Most people need to see a judge to get disability benefits from Social Security. Social Security has a very strict evaluation process that includes impairment listings that address illnesses and disorders for all body systems. These impairment listings set forth the criteria needed to meet or equal the severity requirements for the social security disability … [Read more...]
Why Do You Need Attorney- Why Representation Increases the win ratio at a Social Security Disability or SSI Hearing
Why does representation result in a higher win ratio at a hearing? The answer is fairly simple. Disability hearings are similar to various types of court proceedings in which solid case preparation and a proper presentation of the relevant arguments and positions, specifically pertaining to why the individual should be approved to receive disability benefits, are both … [Read more...]
Disability Conditions List Series- Stroke
One of the most common condition on the Disability List is stroke. And although strokes are most certainly a significant medical occurrence, they do not always lead to permanent limitations that are at a level considered disabling by Social Security. When an individual files for disability on the basis of a stroke, the disability examiner will not make a medical disability … [Read more...]
Disability Conditions List Series- Memory Loss
How is memory loss considered by the social security disability and SSI disability programs? In the same way that every condition is evaluated by SSA. It is not the condition itself or its diagnosis that is the primary concern, but, instead the effect the condition has on an individual's ability to work. Work, of course, for social security purposes, includes a claimant's … [Read more...]
What are Frequent Mistakes after Receiving a Denial of Social Security Disability/SSI Benefits to Avoid?
1. Some claimants choose not to pursue their claim by filing an appeal after their case has been denied. In effect, they accept their denial notice as the final word on their claim. Pursuing the claim through the appeals process will stand a fairly high chance of eventually being approved. Filing the first appeal will get the case processed as a request for … [Read more...]
Are Social Security Disability Benefits Taxable?
The simple answer to this is that Social Security disability benefits are taxable. However, you "may or may not" have to pay tax on your disability benefits. Social Security issues a miscellaneous SSA 1099 for disability benefits paid each year. The two potential types of Social Security disability benefits that are taxable are: A) Monthly disability benefit payments … [Read more...]
How Social Security Is Financed
Social Security is largely a pay-as-you-go program. Most of the payroll taxes collected from today's workers are used to pay benefits to today's recipients. In 2017, the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance Trust Funds collected $996.6 billion in revenues. Of that amount, 87.7% was from payroll tax contributions and reimbursements from the … [Read more...]
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Recipients Between 1974 and 2017
The Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program provides income support to needy persons aged 65 or older, blind or disabled adults, and blind or disabled children. Eligibility requirements and federal payment standards are nationally uniform. SSI replaced the former federal/state adult assistance programs in the 50 states and the District of … [Read more...]
Earnings in Covered Employment
Earnings in Covered Employment, 1937–2017: People contribute to Social Security through payroll taxes or self-employment taxes, as required by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and the Self-Employment Contributions Act (SECA). The maximum taxable amount is updated annually on the basis of increases in the average wage. Of the 174 million … [Read more...]
Social Security Quick Facts
67.0 million people received benefits from programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in 2017 5.5 million people were newly awarded Social Security benefits in 2017. 55% of adult Social Security beneficiaries in 2017 were women. 54.5 was the average age of disabled-worker beneficiaries … [Read more...]
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