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As we said in our Feb. 12 blog post, the majority of applications for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits filed by residents of Columbia are initially rejected by the Social Security Administration. When someone living with a disability...
Residents of Columbia, Missouri, who receive Social Security Disability insurance after developing a disability will likely be dismayed to hear a cable news anchor accuse them of fraud. It may be shocking to hear, but that is what Shannon Bream, a...
Readers in Columbia who believe that the words that we use to describe people with disabilities matter will be interested to learn that the Social Security Administration is changing the way it refers to children and adults with intellectual...
For those in dire need of income after a serious injury or disease has rendered them disabled and out of work, the outcome of a Social Security Disability application or appeal is of pivotal importance. Settled in a courtroom amidst attorneys and...
The practice of payment through direct bank deposits has been saving businesses money for many years' time. Now, in an effort to save funds at every opportunity, the federal Social Security Administration has also moved toward electronic payments...
Many are aware of the arduous and lengthy process that a Social Security disability appeal can become. With wait times for a decision often stretching to a length of a year or more, those who are able to avoid the process and secure an immediate...
For an American who has been badly hurt or stricken by a debilitating disease, the possibility of a missed week, month, year, or more at work can be just as frightening as the initial diagnosis. Although the Social Security Administration's...
It's relatively common knowledge by now that the application and all-but-inevitable appeal process of a Social Security Disability claim can be frustratingly long and fraught with discouragement. Now new studies have come to offer a fuller...
The National Organization of Social Security Claimant Representatives was formed in 1979 by a small group of lawyers who regularly represented claimants in their appeals for disability benefits. Through NOSSCR the lawyers were able to exchange...
The second step of the Social Security evaluation (in Missouri) is an administrative hearing before an Administrative Law Judge. For more than 25 years Missouri's Hearing Offices have been located in St. Louis County (Creve Coeur), Downtown St....