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New Study Points to Link Between Hearing Loss and Diabetes
It has always been common knowledge that people with diabetes should regularly be checked for kidney and eye complications, and smaller studies have suggested that hearing may also be impaired; but now there is definitive proof of a correlation between … Continue reading
Social Security Benefits for Wounded Warriors
For the injured Veteran, attempting to receive social security benefits can oftentimes be confusing. But keeping a few things in mind can help move the process along more quickly as well as help avoid some of the mistakes the uninformed … Continue reading
DSM – 5 Revisions One Step Closer to Implementation
June 15, 2011 was the deadline to comment on proposed revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM, a publication by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), contains descriptions, symptoms, and other criteria for diagnosing mental … Continue reading
Social Security Earnings Updates: A Poor Substitute
Because of reductions in Social Security’s budget, the agency will no longer mail out annual benefits statements. The statements showed salary history and estimated retirement and disability payments. The SSA benefit statement also showed your insured status for SSDI disability … Continue reading
Disability Benefits Becoming Unemployment?
Senator Orin Hatch (Republican, Utah) is alarmed that some Social Security Administrative Law Judges (ALJ) approve too many cases. Senator Hatch seems to think the Social Security disability program is being abused and fraudulent claims are being filed. He also indicates … Continue reading
New and Improved SSA Website
Social Security has redesigned their website. My first impression is that it will be easier for most people to use. It also seems that the fonts used are somewhat easier to read. The tabs across the top of the page … Continue reading
2011 Brings Another Year Without COLA
The Social Security Act allows for automatic yearly increases in benefits for more than 58 million SSDI and SSI recipients, called a Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA). However, the Act relies on the Consumer Price Index to rise for Urban … Continue reading
Social Security Disability: Trial by Video
Last year over 700,000 people were waiting for a Social Security disability hearing. In some places people wait over 540 days on average for a hearing. One of the tools Social Security uses to help reduce the disability backlog is video conferencing. … Continue reading
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Tagged Administrative Law Judge, ALJ, Chief Frank Cristaudo, Social Security disability, Social Security Disability Hearing, Social Security Hearing, Social Security Judge, SSA, Video Teleconference, Video Teleconference Hearing, Video Teleconferencing, VTC, VTC Hearing
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