Archive for December 2008
The Disability Application Check-List: The Phone Interview
When first applying for Social Security Disability benefits you should call your local office and request a phone interview. Yes, you should SPECIFICALLY request the phone interview which should be scheduled two weeks or so after your initial call to SSA. The following is a check-list of items you should gather together for the phone…
Read MoreSocial Security Disability and the 12 Consecutive Month Rule: Have You Heard of It?
The basics of the 12 consecutive rule is that you as a claimant must be disabled for 12 months at one time and have not earned, as of 2008, $940.00(SGA) or more in anyone of those 12 months regarding work activity. If Social Security finds you disabled before 12 months have gone by and you…
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