If you are disabled, consider the following factors used by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to determine whether or not you are eligible for disability benefits: Are you gainfully employed? Do you have severe impairment(s)? Is your impairment(s) expected to last 12 months or longer? Are you able to perform the kind(s) or work you…
Continue readingA recent blurb in the Washington Post revealed that 72 retired New York City police officers, eight firefighters, five prison guards, and one police officer from Nassau County have been charged with faking psychiatric problems to collect federal disability benefits. That is 86 people collecting years’ worth of benefits to which they were not entitled!…
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Having an accurate history of your earnings on file with the Federal Government is very important. After all, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) formulation of benefits to which you may be entitled should you become disabled or when you retire are calculated based on your past earnings. If earnings are missing or incomplete, your benefits could…
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Does the fact that your doctor has signed a form or the Division of Motor Vehicles has issued handicap license plates or decal automatically mean that you are disabled for purposes of Social Security ? Not necessarily, says Herndon disability lawyer Doug Landau. Just because one governmental agency has determined that you are unable to…
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Why ? Because most visitors to the Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU have been denied Social Security Disability benefits at the initial application level or reconsideration, and the evidence tends to suggest that the overwhelming majority of cases have been won at the Hearing level. “The opportunity to present the full case to a Federal…
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