http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:19:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Taken from IRS Publication IR-2008-65, April 23, 2008: "Even though April 15 has passed, the Internal Revenue Service today reminded retirees, disabled veterans and others who normally do not file a tax return that there is still time to submit a 2007 form to receive an economic stimulus payment." "People who have ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/07/01/make-sure-you-dont-miss-your-stimulus-payment/ Another sad piece abouth Social Security's claim processing backlog from the Ashville Citizen Times. http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/06/30/ssa-backlog-continues-to-devastate-lives-of-the-disabled/ If your condition does not meet one of the Medical Listings that we discussed last time, SSA moves to step 4 of the sequential evaluation process.  Here, SSA must determine whether you are capable of performing your past work.  In considering past work, SSA only looks at the work that ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/05/12/ssa-disability-basics-part-5/ Continuing with my discussion of the SSA disability evaluation process, today I am going to talk about Step 3, the Listing of Impairments. Social Security's Listings of Impairments is exactly what the name implies.  It is a list of severe conditions that contains criteria for medical signs, findings and symptoms.  If ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/04/16/ssa-disability-basics-part-4/ I'm going to take a break today from my discussion of SSA basics due to time constraints with my hearing schedule, but here is a good article on the current SSA case backlog. Clients are often frustrated by the time it takes for their case to reach a conclusion.  In West Tennessee, ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/04/09/ssa-claims-backlog/ Once it is determined that a social security disability claimant is not engaged in substantial gainful activity, the next step in the claims analysis is to determine whether the individual suffers from a "severe impairment." SSA defines a "severe impairment" as any impairment or combination of impairments which significantly limits your ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/04/07/ssa-disability-basics-part-3/ Yesterday, I talked about the sequential evaluation process that SSA uses to determine whether an individual is disabled.  Today, I am going to begin a discussion to explain each step in greater detail. As you will recall, the first step of evaluation is to determine whether the individual who his claiming disability ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/04/04/ssa-disability-basics-part-2/ Today, I thought I would start a short series of posts that explain the basics of filing for disability and the rules that the Social Security Administration (SSA) uses to determine your eligibility for benefits. Before we get into the application and appeals process, it is important to understand what "disability" means ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/04/03/ssa-disability-basics/ Often, holders of private long-term disability insurance will find that their policies require them to file for Social Security disability benefits when they make a claim on the private policy.  Many of my clients are surprised to learn that such policies also contain an offset provision, meaning that the private insurance ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/04/01/private-longterm-disability-and-social-security/ Hello, my name is Michael Hartup and I am the attorney that represents our Social Security Disability clients here at Hill Boren.  I've created this blog to provide education, news, and comment on Social Security Disability laws and issues.  I hope you will find the content here informative and useful.  ... http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2008/04/01/welcome-to-the-hill-boren-social-security-disability-blog/