Mental health conditions can be just as disabling as physical ones
May 2023 is Mental Health Awareness Month across the country, as it has been for 74 years. It is an appropriate time to recognize and honor our clients who
Latest from Indiana Social Security Disability Attorney Blog
SSDI: ALJ may not cherry-pick medical evidence to deny claims
When the Social Security Administration (SSA) reviews the medical evidence supporting a claim for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits, it has long been required that the decisionmaker consider the entire record as a whole.
When SSA fails to meaningfully
SSDI claims processing times even longer since COVID-19
The Social Security Administration (SSA) for decades has been notoriously slow in its processing of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) applications. Ill and injured claimants who cannot work may languish for months and even years
What is a disability for purposes of eligibility for SSDI?
It does not seem like the question of whether someone is disabled from working and eligible for monthly Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits should be a complex one. But the Social Security Administration (SSA) has its own definition of
SSDI claims: Long COVID-19 symptoms can be disabling
COVID-19 has only been with us a couple of years, but it has had a devastating impact on our collective health and psyche. For some individuals, it has turned into something more than a week of being extremely sick. A
The 4 Methods for a Social Security Disability Hearing
What claimants should know about the initial application process for Social Security disability benefits
Our Nation Remembers
Social Security Offices are Reopening!!!
COVID-19 PANDEMIC and SOCIAL SECURITY
On March 17, 2020, the Social Security Administration, like many of our country’s businesses, closed its offices in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The closing of the Social Security offices included not just the 1,230 field offices in the nation,