Even after a person, with the help of his or her disability attorney, has been awarded Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, the Social Security Administration has the ability and the duty to review a person’s medical eligibility from time to time to verify their condition has not improved to the point they are able to … Read More
Monitoring Depleted Disability Trust Fund with RGG Law
According to multiple news reports, the trustees that oversee the Social Security disability trust fund report the fund will “run out of money” in late 2016. This could have a large effect on RGG Law clients and could potentially impact over 11 million Americans who receive Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits, also known as Disability Insurance Benefits (DIB). Unless Congress … Read More
A Disability Attorney Explains: How Unemployment Affects Disability
Increasingly, the choice to file for and receive unemployment benefits is becoming a legal barrier, or at the very least a serious negative credibility issue, in the eyes of many administrative law judges, in a pending disability claim. Only a disability attorney can assess your specific situation, but as a rule of thumb, unemployment benefits hurt your chances of winning … Read More
Disability Overpayment Dangers And Options
There are many ways in which the Social Security Administration may make an error and pay more in disability benefits to a person than they are allowed by law. This can occur with regard to both back pay awards or monthly benefits. A disability attorney can help these mistakes from occurring. How the SSA Can Get It Wrong When You … Read More