Working while applying for or receiving disability income may affect your eligibility for SSD benefits. Before you start a job, you should talk to a lawyer to understand the impact working may have on your receipt of disability benefits. Marasco & Nesselbush is the premier Social Security Disability law firm in Rhode Island. Since 1999, our attorneys […]
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Types of SSD Benefits Available Coping with change is never easy. Living your life one way and having it completely altered because of a disability presents many physical, emotional, and financial challenges. You may be eligible for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits, either through Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or the Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
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Filing for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits (SSDI or SSI) requires a significant amount of time, patience, and diligence. However, many truly disabled individuals are routinely and erroneously denied benefits by the Social Security Administration. A person can be denied benefits due to inaccurate or insufficient information, especially a lack of medical evidence or opinion
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It can be devastating to become disabled after a serious injury or illness. It can forever alter your life, personally and professionally. Once disabled, a person may no longer be able to perform the job they held before, and, in the case of very serious disabilities, will potentially never be able to work again. Without
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The following information is provided by the Social Security Administration: We determined that, under our rules, COVID-related financial assistance would not affect eligibility for SSI or the monthly SSI payment amount. Specifically, we do not count the financial assistance listed below against your eligibility or payment amount. We are reviewing SSI claims and other SSI records going
You may take weeks gathering all the proper paperwork then submitting all the required medical records and doctor’s notes. From there, you may spend even longer anxiously waiting to hear back from the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office. Will your application be approved or denied? Unfortunately for disabled individuals, the denials outnumber the approvals. Each
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If you are coping with a debilitating illness, disability, or injury, it can be a daily struggle. A serious impairment can happen unexpectedly as the result of an unfortunate accident. If this is true for you, it may have come as a shock, leaving you needing to rearrange your life and adjust to your new
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The Marasco & Nesselbush Social Security disability team recently obtained a favorable decision after a hearing with the Social Security Administration for a client who was suffering from cancer. Our client was a hardworking restaurant employee who had a 20-year work history in the industry. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and everything changed. She consulted with
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What is SSD? How does it work and what will I get? Oftentimes, it can be confusing to learn about SSD and how it works or how to apply. Well, Social Security Disability actually refers to two disability programs. There is the SSI program and the SSDI program. Essentially, in order to get either one
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Who is entitled to SSI benefits? Who is entitled to SSI benefits? Many people refer to SSI as if it were the whole disability program. However, the truth is that the Social Security Administration offers two disability programs. One is called SSDI and the other is SSI. SSI actually stands for Supplemental Security Income, and
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