Social Security Disabilities

Society Security Disability benefits are designed to help disabled people make ends meet while they are unable to work. Each year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) denies needy Oklahoma residents the Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits they deserve. In fact, over 80% of people who apply for SSD benefits in Oklahoma are denied on their first try. This may seem hopeless and you might wonder just what it takes to be approved for benefits. Those who are denied should not give up on the first try. Luckily, there is an appeals process if you are denied the SSD benefits you need and are entitled to. Unfortunately, the appeal process can be a long and difficult one.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) gives out Social Security Disability benefits to millions of disabled Americans every year. However, about 70% of disability claims are denied during initial stages of application due to various reasons. Disability applicants whose SSDI claims are denied can file for an appeal or seek the help of a Social Security Disability attorney.

Social Security isn’t just for retirement; it’s a disability program also. You paid taxes on your wages while employed and you have the right to collect disability benefits from Social Security if you are unable to work. If you are suffering from an accident injury, a serious illness, a workplace injury or any debilitation that keeps you from working, you may qualify for SSD benefits.

In essence, social security disability insurance is given to people who need financial support. These individuals may be unable to work over the long-term due to a disability or a chronic illness. For short-term disabilities, other types of insurance are

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is provided to people aged 65 or older and the disable. During the 1990’s, many of the SSI recipients were people with disabilities. However, after new legislation, many of the disable recipients were dropped, majority being children. Some of those children were mentally handicap, had multiple impairments, personality disorders, arthritis, burns, etc. Eligibility was tighten by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 so that only the most restrictive medical diagnosis were accepted. Illegal and legal immigrants were denied supplemental security income until they became citizens and found work in the United States. Many people were not pleased with the changes and they even

In August of 1935 the federal Government created the social security act to help the disabled and elderly population that could no longer work. Social security act was part of several acts that fell under the New Deal programs under President Franklin D. Roosevelt that helped get America through the Great Depression. “Social security is the largest US federal program and the most enduring legacy of the New Deal” (Beland 1). From February 3, 2015 to February 12, 2015 there have been 8 people convicted of social security fraud totaling over 690,000 dollars (Office of the Inspector General). Today the Office of the Inspector General for the SSA (social security administration) website list the many different categories that fall under social security fraud, but I will cover just a few of these. The first is where individuals continue to collect SSA payments after one of their parents passes away. Second are people who use a deceased person’s social security number to collect SSA payments. Third are people who make false claims saying they are injured and can no longer work or making false statements in a claim to make their injuries to be worse than they were. There are three ways this third group can fraud the SSA: this includes returning back to work without reporting it to SSA and still collecting payments; work at jobs that pay cash; or acquiring a fake social security number so they can return to work without alerting the SSA about their employment. These people are not

Contrary to popular belief, Social Security Disability is not automatically available to every American who finds themselves unable to work. In fact, every recipient must meet strict criteria, including work requirements and a qualifying condition, before they are eligible to collect Social Security Disability payments, according to the attorneys at Young, Reverman & Mazzei Co., L.P.A.

Let’s see if this is a situation you can identify with: you got hurt or sick, and now due to your treatment schedule and a debilitating chronic condition, you can’t go back to work. You applied for disability Insurance through the Social Security Administration, but your claim was denied due to a lack of information, a missing form, or incorrectly completed paperwork. You have the option to appeal of course, but in the meantime while you fight your way through the red tape, how will you pay your bills? More importantly, how are you going to fight with the SSA while you are sick and in treatment?

While not all who are disabled qualify for Social Security Administration (SSA) programs –which require documentation of an inability or excessive limitation to one’s capacity to work due to disability –use of SSA programs can make a difference for many who otherwise would face poverty. Unfortunately, many individuals and their family members are unaware of the programs or face fear, shame, or embarrassment at being “in need.” Moreover, the application process is long and can be mentally and emotionally taxing; requiring one to step away from an emphasis on strengths and skills in order to focus on deficits and incapacity. Fear is also often based on misinformation. Having accurate information about the impact of earnings on Social Security

Congress passed an act in 1990, named the ADA, which Congress has provided guidelines that establish “broad nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, public accommodations and services operated by public entities, transportation, and telecommunications for individuals with disabilities”. () The individual states under Title I of the act are placed under provisions of the federal government to follow through with disability accommodations. ()? While the national government has provided the guidelines for the states to follow under the ADA, that state carries policies out without funding, unfunded mandates. The federal government has guidelines for what a disabled person must qualify as and has dealt with many supreme

Under Social Security Disability Insurance, immune system disorders are evaluated if it causes dysfunction in one or more components of your immune system. The dysfunction can be caused by a couple different things but, as the official Social Security Website, SSA.gov states, dysfunction often results due to problems in “antibody production, impaired cell-mediated immunity, a combined type of antibody/cellular deficiency, impaired phagocytosis, or complement deficiency.”

Because the disability assistance system is designed to weed out invalid benefit claims, it may also deny claims to those who truly need Social Security. Not only can benefits be denied, but the processing of valid claims can take much longer without proper forms and medical evidence that are required. Yes, the SSA disability website has a list of all needed forms and summaries, but knowing how to gather them, and

“I am Sam” is a great movie to watch in diversity class. It focuses on a diversity issue that is overlooked in society today. The main issue of the movie was that the main character Sam has an Intellectual disability and he is struggling to take care of his daughter. Intellectual disability is a disability that interferes with a person’s cognitive abilities and the functions they use in everyday life. This includes everything from their social skills to the way they behave (Chadwick, Wesson, & Fullwood, 2013).

As complex as it can be, there's one simple thing about Social Security claims - they all follow the same rules. Someone can come to me to talk about Social Security benefits, and I'll know the rules that apply because the same rules apply to everyone. The same is not true for private disability insurance policies – these often have sneaky little exceptions and exclusions that nobody told you about when you signed up for long term disability (LTD) coverage at work, or purchased a disability policy from an agent. Knowing about these exceptions ahead of time may help you avoid a nasty surprise later.

The results of the study showed that there was a high representation of African Americans in the south that belonged to the Evangelical religious affiliation as this is typical for this region. The results support the authors’ hypothesis stating that older adults do in fact hold lay leadership positions which, in turn, experience a slower pace of becoming functionally limited compared to those who do not attend church on a regular basis and those that do attend church but do not hold a leadership position within the church. The statistical analysis shows that those who hold leadership positions within a church or who attend church regularly experience low levels of physical disabilities once they reach older adulthood although those that