Monthly Archives: August 2009

Bits & Pieces: Beneficiary Diagnosis Breakdown

 In July 2009, Social Security released the statistical data based on 2008 Social Security Disability Insurance Beneficiaries.  Diagnosis breakdowns of beneficiaries show that 27% of claimants were found disabled under the guidelines of the musculoskeletal impairment category and 33.3% were … Continue reading

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Bits & Pieces: Compassionate Allowance Hearing on Early Alzheimer Disease

The fourth public hearing on Compassionate Allowances was held on July 29, 2009.  They heard testimony from some of the nation’s leading experts on early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias about possible methods for identifying and implementing Compassionate Allowances for … Continue reading

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