by Burke Barclay | Sep 8, 2023 | Social Security Disability
Can I Collect Short-Term Disability and SSDI at the Same Time?
This questions has been asked many times in the past, and so I thought it would be important to answer. Many of my clients are in California, which is a state that provides its residents with temporary disability payments for one year while they are doing their best to make it through the Social Security disability system. Many times a year is not long enough, but residents in California and a hand-full of other states are lucky they can at least receive some relief. Conservative states such as Texas provide little, if any, social net for those unable to work and have yet to receive SSDI or SSI approval.
by Burke Barclay | Sep 8, 2023 | Social Security Disability
Why Will A Vocational Expert Testify At My Social Security Disability Hearing?
First, it is important to know exactly who and what a Vocational Expert (VE) is. He or she has formal training and usually work experience understanding worker limitations and what jobs would be available in the national economy. Thus, he or she takes into consideration a person’s limitations or condition and decides what jobs could still be done despite such limitations. For example, a person that only had one arm, a VE could determine that person would still be capable of being a security camera monitor.
Next, it is also important to understand why a VE would be asked to testify at your Social Security disability hearing.
by Burke Barclay | Sep 8, 2023 | Social Security Disability
Can I Still Work and Receive Social Security Disability?
Many people are simply unable to completely stop working even though they have a severe mental or physical condition that keeps them from working full-time.
So, the question is often asked, can I still work a part-time job and receive disability benefits?
As with most (attorney or legal) answers…It depends.
by Burke Barclay | Sep 8, 2023 | Social Security Disability
Why Was My Social Security Disability Case Placed On A Medical Hold?
In order to be found disabled by the Social Security Administration, you must be unable (or expected to not be able) to work for at least twelve months or more. While this definition may seem simple enough, the problem often lies in how this requirement is portrayed to those needing disability benefits. For a person who is unable to work due to a medical condition, he or she may know they will not be able to work for at least the next twelve months. But, for a person examining the case to make the same determination, the answer may not be so clear.
by Burke Barclay | Sep 7, 2023 | Social Security Disability
Can’t File For Social Security Disability Just Yet? Listen To My Advice.
I see it almost every week, someone desperately needs to file for Social Security disability benefits, but because he or she knows it will take some time to win their case, they keep on working. They just can’t file for Social Security Disability yet.
Here are some usual scenarios:
by Burke Barclay | Sep 7, 2023 | Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability Approval Chances For Childhood ADHD Claims Not Good.
Almost all ADHD or ADD claims filed by parents on behalf of their children for SSI benefits will not be successful. Only the most severe cases of either of these conditions will have any hope.
One of the problems right out of the gate is that mental conditions are harder to show as disabling than physical limitations. As with anything physical that goes wrong with our bodies, it can be measured in blood tests or shown through an MRI or x-ray. Physical issues can be tested in many ways and objective medical results can show whether or not a person is capable of sitting for six hours a day, standing or walking for two, his or her ability to carry more than 10 pounds, etc.
