http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:02:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en National Public Radio aired a piece this morning on the continued backlog and the effects that the economy is having on it. You can hear the piece and read the written version here. http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2009/08/31/social-security-struggles-with-disability-backlog/ The saga continues for the disabled from The Commercial Appeal. http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2009/04/06/claimants-continue-to-endure-ssa-backlog/ Another backlog story from Kansas City. http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2009/03/17/the-wait-continues/ Maybe this article at MSNBC can help. I don't offer tax advice, but I found the article informative. http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2009/02/18/questions-about-taxes-and-social-security-benefits/ Charles Hall has posted $250 Stimulus Payment Questions And Answers on his well written blog. http://www.hillboren.com/social-security-disability/2009/02/17/2009-stimulus-payments/ 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/