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More on The Role of Health Care Providers and School Officials in The Disability Claim Process – Electronic Records Express

Electronic Records Express is offered by Social Security and state Disability Determination Services (DDS) to for submission of disability claims, health and school records, by electronic means.Once a request is made for health, school records or other pertinent information about...

What Is an Able Account?

The ABLE Act was signed into law in December 2014. It is a law that limits eligibility to persons with significant disabilities whose onset date was before the age of 26 years old. If a person is already 26, meets...

Appealing an Unfavorable Decision

Believe it or not, the Social Security Administration's Appeals operations is one of the largest official administrative legal court systems in the world. The world. Over 500,000 hearings and appeals are decided each year. Knowing that the Agency has this...

Annual Projections for Social Security Disability Insurance and Old-Age Survivors Insurance

On Wednesday, April 22, 2020 the Social Security Administration released its annual report regarding the status of Disability Insurance funding and Old-Age Survivors Insurance. Both Trust Funds are projected to be depleted by the year 2035, with a 79% benefits...

The Appeals Process – Reconsideration

When the Social Security Administration makes a determination on your claim, they will send you a letter explaining why they made their decision. Should you disagree with their decision, based on medical or non-medical reasons, you should appeal. You will...

The Appeals Process – Administrative Law Judge Hearing

If you disagree with the Reconsideration decision, the next step in the Appeals Process is the to go before the Administrative Law Judge. The Hearing is an informal process, but an audio recording is made of the proceeding.A written request...