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Update on How to Get the Best Representation… Beware!

How to Get the Best Representation and Why You Need A Florida Bar Licensed Attorney Is your representative an attorney? This seems to be a silly question but often those who we meet with either do not know or mistakenly think their representative is an attorney when the representative actually is NOT! Also many individuals...
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Survivor Benefits and Social Security Trivia

Survivors benefits: When you die, your family may be eligible for benefits based on your work. Family members who can collect benefits include a widow or widower who is: 60 or older; or 50 or older and disabled; or Any age if he or she is caring for your child who is younger than 16...
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The Evaluation of Obesity under the Social Security Act

The following article provides general information on the guidelines used when the Social Security Administration evaluates obesity since October 25, 1999. Usually, the obesity issue is interconnected with ailments or “Listed Impairments” under the Social Security Act, to include but not limited to the following: diabetes, musculoskeletal impairments and pulmonary or breathing dysfunctions where spirometry...
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The Mystery Disease: Fibromyalgia

Within the last ten years the condition of fibromyalgia has been an accepted disease within the medical community. According to the Arthritis Foundation fibromyalgia is a form of soft tissue or muscular rheumatism with muscular pain and fatigue that affects over 5 million people in the United States. See, Arthritis Foundation, What is Fibromyalgia, www.arthritis.org...
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Social Security

In the past, most of the articles written about the Social Security Administration (SSA) have been about what is wrong with the agency and its programs. In the spirit of positive thinking the following are important programs and tools that the practitioner should be aware of and utilize when tackling a Social Security dilemma. The...
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