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David W. Magann, P.A. Highlights the 2024 Boost in Social Security Benefits
In 2024, There was good news for over 71 million Americans. Social Security benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments increased by 3.2 percent, which…
Social Security Law
David W. Magann, P.A. Reports on Social Security’s Inclusion of 12 New Compassionate Allowances Conditions
The Acting Commissioner of Social Security outlined twelve new Compassionate Allowances conditions. They include the following: These conditions are severe, and claims are allowed based…
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David W. Magann, P.A. Highlights Expansion of Supplemental Security Income Access by Social Security Administration
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has expanded its reach to include more people needing financial assistance who may be eligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)….
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 (SSA) has published significant revisions to its mental impairment listings. SSA had issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in August 2010, proposing what at the time appeared to be...
Read More Social Security Funding is Easily Fixable
The outrage over Social Security benefits viability is warranted. It is clear the program faces long-run financing issues since 1983 and it was well understood by Congress that the shortfall was not going be corrected since early in 1993. “The Figure shows that the deficit has hovered around 2 percent of taxable payrolls for almost 20 years.” Since nothing has been...
Read More Adult “Child Disability Benefits”: Wage Earner Maze
Recently, we took in a claimant who was previously represented by of course, a non-attorney, who she and her guardian thought was an attorney because they went to a law firm. See our previous blogs on how to check and hire an actual attorney. In this claim the non-attorney failed to recognize the issue of retroactivity...
Read More Medical Expert at Your Hearing? You need an attorney
If there is a medical expert (ME) at your hearing and you are unrepresented or the person representing you is someone you just met the day of the hearing you can ask the Judge for a delay in order to seek an attorney who has experience in cross examining the so called “medical expert”. Often,...
Read More Social Security Ruling 11-1p: New Application
In essence SSR-11-1p limits claimants after receiving an Unfavorable ALJ Hearing Decision or in some circumstances a Partially Favorable ALJ Hearing Decision to decide an Appeals Council action OR submit a “new”/”subsequent” application. In the past you could do both without restrictions. SSR-11-1p dramatically changed a claimant’s choice. SSA is still digesting and issuing the procedures...
Read More Hire An Actual Attorney and Meet With The Attorney!
The law firms sending non-attorneys are not advertising that they are sending non-attorneys to Social Security hearings with you the claimant. In a previous Blog we challenged attorneys and non-attorneys alike to show us any advertising listing them as “non-attorneys”. We are still waiting for any response. It is important to hire an actual attorney....
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