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What You Can Expect at Your Social Security Disability Hearing A hearing before an Administrative Law Judge is perhaps the most crucial stage in your claim for disability benefits. It is the only time you will go face to face with the individual who is going to determine your eligibility for benefits. Just as important [...]

Social Security Disability: Listing of Impairments Explained by a New York Social Security Disability Attorney One of the quickest ways to qualify for Social Security disability benefits is to have an impairment that fits within the Social Security Administration’s Listing of Impairments. The listed impairments are spelled out in the regulations and if your condition [...]

What if My Application for Social Security Benefits Is Denied? You’ve filed your application for Social Security disability benefits and are waiting anxiously for a decision.  While you should keep a positive frame of mind, it’s a good idea to prepare yourself for the possibility that your social security benefits is denied.  Why?  Because most [...]

How to Obtain Disability Benefits If You Can't Work There are two types of disability benefits available to those who are impaired through the Social Security Administration (SSA). Your New York Social Security disability lawyers have explained the difference between Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) below. 
Supplemental Security Income SSI should be [...]

Railroad Retirement Claims Process The process of applying for Railroad Retirement Disability can be complicated and benefits often take many months to process. Railroad retirement benefits are administered by the Railroad Retirement Board's disability benefits program. This program provides specific benefits to current and former United States railroads employees. Individuals who have sustained a work-disabling [...]

Could You Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits? You are out of a job.  In fact, you have been looking but the type of work that you have been doing is now being done by robots!  You do not think that you can start all over again at your age.  Your back and knees keep [...]

It’s no secret that getting long-term disability (LTD) benefits approved is a frustrating process, to say the least. Insurance companies will render half decisions, continuously require more paperwork and proof, and after that, deny your claim anyway. Meanwhile, your own doctor is telling you that you shouldn’t return to work, bills are piling up, and [...]

Many claims for long term disability benefits are initially turned down by insurance companies. In fact, insurance companies are notorious for denying valid claims and making it difficult for claimants to collect what they are rightfully owed. Fortunately, with the assistance of a New Jersey disability attorney, you can increase your chances of collecting long term [...]

Situated along the banks of the Hudson River, the town of Rhinebeck in New York's Dutchess County is a quaint retreat just 100 miles north of Manhattan. The village was founded by Dutch settlers in 1686 and features more than 400 sites listed on the National Historic Register. Rhinebeck thrived as a commercial outpost in [...]