Social Security Disability

As you may have heard, a budget deal is currently working its way through Congress. The deal, if passed, would impact many government programs. This includes the Social Security Disability program. For one, it would forestall a funding shortfall which is currently...

Did you know that failing to report certain changes in your life can seriously affect your Social Security Disability benefits?In some cases, not informing the Social Security Administration of a change can result in you being paid too much — and in this case, you...

As you may already know, in order for the Social Security Administration to consider your application for benefits, your condition must first meet the definition of a disability. According to SSA, a condition is considered a disability if it a.) will last at least a...

Despite how far America has come in the past few decades, disability is still very misunderstood. And sadly, ignorance about what it means to be disabled often leads to insults, insensitivity and lack of empathy for those struggling to live as others do.Perhaps the...

There are many myths out there about disability benefits. As a law firm that helps people secure Social Security Disability benefits, our clients ask about these myths from time to time, so we’d like to address a few of them today.Myth: It is not worth applying for...

Eighty years ago this month, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The implications for California and all other U.S. retirees, and eventually disabled individuals too, have been far reaching.Over the course of those decades a lot of...

Private insurance companies tend to be pretty strict about what evidence they want and how they want it when it comes to making determinations about what claims they will pay and which they will not. It should surprise no one in Fresno or the rest of California that...

The struggle for the rights of people with any form of disability can be a hard one. Whether a person is born with a physical or intellectual disability or becomes disabled due to injury or illness, the process of obtaining support allowed under law can be...

Many who have been through the process know that applying for Social Security Disability Insurance can be like paddling a canoe upstream. Sometimes it can seem that no matter how hard you work at it, the end goal seems further out of reach with each passing day.As we...

The concept of Social Security is fairly straightforward. It's supposed to serve as a safety net. It does that through the delivery of a variety of benefits. Supplemental Security Income is the program based on financial need of a disabled person.Then there are the...