One of the core requirements that New York residents must meet when attempting to be approved for Social Security Disability benefits is that documentation must show that the disability in question will keep the applicant from being able to work for 12 months or...
Social Security Disability
Children and social security
While social security benefits are often associated with the elderly population, children are also sometimes eligible to receive assistance. There are certain parameters that need to be met and rules that should be followed , but if you have a child who is in need of...
Filing an appeal of an initial denial of SSD benefits
Some of our readers in New York may know that not every application for Social Security Disability benefits is approved. In fact, it is usually estimated that approximately 60 percent of applications for SSD benefits are denied. That is a pretty high rate of denial,...
Who will end up receiving Social Security Disability benefits?
Many of our readers in New York know that millions of Americans receive Social Security Disability benefits. The reasons that a person might end up receiving SSD benefits can be widely varied. Some, for instance, suffer a serious injury in a work accident, resulting...
Social Security Disability: an earned benefit, not social welfare
Some government programs stand especially tall as initiatives that are broadly effective in promoting the objectives that spawned them.We submit that the federal Social Security Disability Insurance program is one such vehicle, with the evidence existing to support...