DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR THE ‘NEW’ ECONOMY WORKERS The Center for Retirement Research (CRR) found that ‘contingent’ (independent contractors, consultants or those who work in the gig economy) workers in their 50s and 60s are 25% less likely to file for SSDI and even when they file are 33% less likely to be awarded. Why? The […]
ON FACEBOOK? SSA WANTS TO WATCH WHAT YOU POST
5 TIPS TO POST, PIN OR TAG WISELY I hope you had a wonderful time at little Jimmy’s 6th Birthday party but those fun photos holding little Jimmy (even though it was only for a minute) might just cost you your disability benefits. Facebook, Instagram, etc are wonderful places to share your life’s happiest moments […]
SOCIAL SECURITY AND VA BENEFITS ARE BEING STOLEN FROM RETIREES AND THE DISABLED
HOW IT WORKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO PROTECT YOUR BENEFITS Jennifer’s Kreegar is a vet living off her VA disability having served part of the time at the National Security Agency, the agency charged with protecting, yes, her VA benefits. Only they failed Kreeger and thousands of other people receiving VA and Social […]
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR SSA DISABILITY, FOLLOW YOUR DOCTOR’S ADVICE, OR ELSE
How Failure to Follow Prescribed Treatment Affects Your Social Security Case Even if you meet all Social Security requirements to receive disability, the policy of the Social Security Administration (SSA) is to deny benefits if you fail, without good cause, to ‘follow prescribed treatment’ that the Social Security Administration/Judge expect would restore your ability to […]
ONE SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CLIENT’S EXPERIENCE
This client came to our firm after fighting with SSA for over 6 years. “Let me start by saying that Martin Hoffman and his office came to me by referral from a previous client. Her and her mother’s positive experiences led me originally to chose Mr. Martin Hoffman, but my personal experiences have led me […]