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Medicare 24 Month Wait

2019-10-13T11:45:34-05:00

Lee Ann Torrans Social Security Disability Appeal Social Security Disability Social Security Disability Insurance through the Social Security Administration typically includes Medicare benefits after at 24 month waiting period.  This test is stringent and rigid.  Many people have died waiting in the 24 month period.  Approach this reality with a full understanding of what you are up against. Lee Ann Torrans Looks at SSDI and the 24 Month Waiting Period If approved for SSDI, you will be awarded Medicare. The 24-month waiting period from the time SSDI benefits begin until Medicare benefits begin. Most people living with an illness [...]

Medicare 24 Month Wait2019-10-13T11:45:34-05:00

SSA Forms

2019-10-13T11:45:34-05:00

The SSA provides excellent forms for many sources of information in a disability case.  The problem is that SSA Forms are difficult to find in the thousands and thousands of pages of SSA literature. This is a good starting point to review those SSA Forms for information as it relates to your disability case.  Generally, but certainly NOT ALWAYS, delivering this information to the SSA in a format to which they are accustomed and which includes those matters the SSA believes to be relevant can be helpful. For this reason it is crucial to review the SSA Disability Forms to determine [...]

SSA Forms2019-10-13T11:45:34-05:00

Washington Post Calculation of Disability in America

2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

Lee Ann Torrans Disability Attorney McKinney Texas Recently The Washington Post calculated the disability prevalence rate among the working-age population at the county level. The SSA publishes county recipients of SSI, SSDI disability and SSDI for disabled adult children. The SSA also publishes county-level counts of people receiving support under SSI and SSDI. Those figures were subtracted to avoid double-counting. The rate was created with the county working-age population. Data on Disability Recipients Between 1996 and 2015, the number of working-age adults receiving disability climbed from 7.7 million to 13 million. The federal government this year will spend an [...]

Washington Post Calculation of Disability in America2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

Disability for Veterans and Agent Orange

2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

Agent Orange and Navy Veterans The House of Representatives is reviewing whether Vietnam War sailors exposed to Agent Orange can qualify for federal benefits.  The Department of Veterans Affairs his steadfastly claimed Navy veterans who served on large ships like aircraft carriers in the South China Sea were exposed to Agent Orange.  This could result in disability-benefits for sailors with cancers and diseases associated with exposure to the Agent Orange.  Dioxin is the chemical ingredient used in the herbicide during the Vietnam War. Other veterans have receive disability.  Navy veterans continue to be denied with the specious claim that they were not [...]

Disability for Veterans and Agent Orange2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

Veterans and Social Security Disability Benefits

2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

Lee Ann Torrans Social Security Disability Appeal Social Security Disability Aid and Attendance Benefits Senior veterans are eligible for a benefit known as Aid and Attendance.  Medical expenses such as home care and assisted living are covered for any veteran who is 65 or older and served 90 days or more of active duty, this also applies to their surviving spouses.   To qualify a physician must affirm the veteran or veteran's spouse requires assistance in order to be eligible. A veteran living alone is eligible for $21,456 annually and for married veterans the amount is 1,788 a month [...]

Veterans and Social Security Disability Benefits2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

50+ Age Light to Limited Grid Table

2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

50+ Age Light to Limited Grid Table Social Security vocational guidelines define work activity as medium, light, or sedentary. These work activity levels are defined as follows: 1. Sedentary work means that you are able to sit for up to 6 hours in an 8 hour day, and lift up to 10 lbs. occasionally during a day; 2. Light work means that you can stand and walk for up to 6 hours in an 8 hour day, lift 10 lbs. frequently and 20 lbs. occasionally; 3. Medium work means that you can stand and walk for up to 6 hours in [...]

50+ Age Light to Limited Grid Table2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

Social Security Disability Income – Not Great

2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00

A person is disabled under the Act if he or she can't work due to a severe medical condition that has lasted, or is expected to last, at least one year or result in death. The person's medical condition must prevent him or her from doing work that he or she did in the past, and it must prevent the person from adjusting to other work. The average monthly disability benefit for 2015 was $1,165 per month. Being approved for disability benefits generally takes a significant amount of time. In general Social Security approval rates have fallen to approximately 50 percent [...]

Social Security Disability Income – Not Great2019-10-13T11:45:35-05:00