There are major changes to how Social Security evaluates musculoskeletal disorders. In this blog, we highlight some of the major changes that will impact Social Security disability claimants.
Disability community win: Congress votes to waive the five-month waiting period for people fighting ALS also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Starting April 27, 2020 SSA will no longer consider whether a person is able to communicate in English when evaluating disability benefits application. Learn how this impacts certain claimants filing for disability benefits.
Paulette Balin explains some important information and updates happening in the Social Security world. Learn more about the 2020 SGA and SSI increases along with trial work period income limits.
Judges must now take judicial notice of all forms of reliable job data by the government. Learn how this can help disability claimants and how it affects them.
The Social Security Administration announced a new scheduling method for disability claimants. Chad Delesk explains this centralized scheduling unit here.
As rumors circled about the government shutting down, many disability claimants began wondering how they might be impacted. Social Security disability claimants with cases pending in federal court received a lump of coal on the day after Christmas courtesy of the partial government shutdown.…
Balin Law joins Robert Fertel on Legal Lines Radio discussing Social Security disability changes. The interview is with Principal attorney, Paulette Balin and disability lawyer, Matthew Shupe. Some highlights of topics discussed during the interview are: Social Security disability standards (general requirements) Appealing Social Security…
Breaking: Repeal of Popular Ohio Disability Financial Assistance Program The Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services (ODJFS) quietly announced the end of the Disability Financial Assistance Program on 7/1/17. The only public discussion we at Balin Law have seen of the end of…
The Social Security Administration recently announced the repeal of the well-known and long standing treating physician rule. The treating physician rule offered certain procedural safeguards to individuals applying for disability benefits under any of Social Security’s programs. What was the treating physician rule under…