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May 4, 2020

If you are deemed disabled and receive benefits every month and would like to test your ability to work again, you may try a “trial work period.” This period of time will still maintain your disability, unless you work for a period of nine months. If you can work for nine months, even non-consecutive for a rolling 60 month period, Social Security will consider that your disability has ended, and that you can engage in substantial gainful activity.

May 3, 2020

There is an interesting case out of Pennsylvania, involving the payment of disability benefits to a prisoner pre-conviction versus conviction. The story goes like this:

May 2, 2020

Social Security has its own definition of blindness. You will be considered blind if your distance vision is less than or equal to 20/200, in the better eye with the use of corrective lenses.

May 1, 2020

The Social Security Administration has come out with another update on Hearings in response to the pandemic. Your local Hearings Office can be contacted here.

April 29, 2020

A Continuing Disability Review, is something the Social Security Administration conducts to determine if you still have a disabling condition. If they should decide that you no longer have a disabling condition, your benefits terminate.

April 28, 2020

So, you've gone through the whole Appeals process, except for the last step, U.S. Federal District Court. This is a civil court and there is a filing fee.

April 27, 2020

Once the Administrative Law Judge has rendered an opinion on your case and you disagree, you should appeal. The next phase is to appeal, in writing, online, to the Appeals Council.

April 26, 2020

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.

April 25, 2020

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 need to explain the reasoning behind your appeal.

April 24, 2020

On April 23, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott announced that Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will receive almost $54 million in federal funds to help older Texans and people with disabilities during this COVID-19 pandemic. Funding supports programs and services managed by the state's twenty-eight area agencies on Aging.