Disability Benefits for Arthritis in your Back
The Social Security Administration, SSA views back pain disability in terms of how it affects your functioning, not the pain. It has divided the functioning difficulty in various listings depending on the severity of the limitations. If you have lower back pain, arthritis in your back, extreme pain in the back that limits your mobility […]
Tips on Winning Disability for Degenerative Disk Disease, DDD
Degenerative disk disease is one of the leading cause of back and neck pain causing disorders in daily functioning in Americans. The degenerative disk disease is caused by the prevalence of normal changes occurring in the body causing lower back and neck pains. People with degenerative disk disorder, DDD can feel sharp pains radiating in […]
Disability Benefits for Degenerative Disc Disorder
Degenerative Disk Disorder, or osteoarthritis of the spine is when some changes occurring in your spine lead to unbearable pains. The spinal disks, also called the shock absorbers of the family can show normal signs of wear and tear as people get older. However, some spinal disk changes such as ‘dry out’ or ‘crack’ can […]
Does Cancer mean an ‘Instant Approval’ for your SSDI Benefits?
Cancer diagnosis can be traumatic, painful and even financially draining – it sure does have a lasting impact in how your life goes on after the diagnosis – yet, not every diagnosis can be as fatal or aggressive as others. Cancer ranks in top 10 disabilities that people qualify for in SSDI benefits. The SSA […]
Disability Benefits for Thyroid Disease [2/2] – Thyroid Cancer
According to a report by Social Security Administration, every 1 in 4 people can face a severe disability before retirement age (65 to 67 in US). However, all individuals, whether they are 21 or 61 are vulnerable to catching unexpected impairments or circumstances at any point in their lives. Thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located […]
Disability Benefits for Thyroid Disease [1/2]
Most Americans pay for Social Security almost all their lives, without noticing that the money is gone. This is because the money is cut out from their paychecks in Social Security taxes before the paychecks arrive their mails or bank accounts. Hence, many people contribute to the Social Security automatically. People pay these taxes for […]
Social Security Disability Benefits for Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a long-term chronic condition which causes pain in the muscle and bones. Although it is listed in the SSA’s Blue Book of Impairments under muskoskeletal impairments, people with a mere diagnosis of fibromyalgia are unlikely to win social security disability benefits on the basis of this report. Patients need to be specific as […]
SSDI, SSI or Medicaid for early on-set Alzheimer’s Disease
Social Security pays benefits to people who are disabled/impaired and unable to work. Federal law follows a strict definition of disability and the SSA has a list of rules for every type of impairment that has to be met in order to be eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance. Under this condition, a person is […]
How to Qualify for Paid Family Leave for Corona Struck Patients?
This blog discusses if Coronavirus is considered a disability and whether you are eligible for the Paid Family Leave or increased FMLA leave under the new Families First Coronavirus Response Act signed by President Trump this year. The California State Disability Insurance, SDI under the EDD provides short-term disability insurance, DI and Paid Family Leave, […]
California Short-term Disability Benefits During Coronavirus Pandemic
One of the million concerns for the soon-to-be-retirees and the pandemic-unemployed-citizens have on their mind is whether and how long their saved money last to get through the pandemic. Almost 63 million people rely on Social Security benefits to make ends meet. Whereas, most of the American citizens rely on Social Security as a major […]