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Be Aware of How You Could Lose Your Social Security Benefits
1.Cessation of Disability: Usually a “cessation of benefits” occurs when you are not seeking regular and continuing treatment for the medical problems in the original…
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NEW IMPAIRMENT LISTING IN FULL EFFECT & APPLICABLE TO ALL ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS IMMEDIATELY
NEW MENTAL LISTINGS Effective: January 17, 2017 After a revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), and thousands of public comments later, the Social Security Administration…
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SSA is Heading For Delays Again After Recent Cutbacks & Years of Improvement
Service Cuts, Computer Problems Cloud Social Security’s 79th Birthday: The Social Security Administration should have reason to celebrate. After all, August 14, 2014, marked the…
VA or Veterans Disability Benefits and Social Security Disability: How does one affect the other?
If a claimant has a VA Disability Rating Decision SSA must consider that evidence. Although the evidence is not “binding” on SSA (20 CFR sec. 404.1504) it can not be ignored. 20 CFR sec. 404.1512(b)(5), SSR-06-3p. In four Circuits including Florida the VA Disability Rating Decision is entitled to “great weight”. Brady v. Heckler, 724...
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