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Consultative Exams and Social Security Disability Claims - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - This column will take a look at how the Social Security Administration (SSA) will use outside medical professionals to help it evaluate disability claims. The SSA will typically review all of the medical records from the claimant's treating physicians. In many cases the SSA will require the claimant to submit to further evaluation by another medical professional to obtain additional information about the claimant. This column will examine when such evaluations are ordered, what the medical professional click here for full text.

Diabetes and Social Security Disability Benefits - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - The Social Security Administration has developed a very elaborate set of guidelines to use to determine who meets their disability guidelines and is therefore eligible for the payment of disability insurance benefits. These guidelines are called "Listings". These Listings do not cover every type of disease or injury but do cover most of the more frequently occurring health problems that workers encounter. The theory is to provide an objective criteria for the SSA to use to judge whether click here for full text.

Disability Benefits for People over 65 - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - The SSA issued rules in November 2003 for evaluating disability claims for people between ages 65 and 67. The SSA had to start deciding Disability Insurance benefits claims for people over 65 once Congress pushed the retirement age up the hill. This column will look at the new rules for disabled people over 65 who can't work before they attain their over age 65 retirement age. The SSA is going to apply the same general test to folks over age 65 who are seeking disability benefits click here for full text.

Electronic Disability Claims Processing - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - A common question from a person applying for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits is how long is it going to take to decide my claim? It can easily take well over a year for most claims to be decided in North Carolina. This column will take a look at what the Social Security Administration (SSA) is planning to do to speed up the process by the use of the Internet and computer technology. Currently the system is essentially based on paper. The applicant for disability benefits files click here for full text.

Epilepsy and Social Security Disability Claims - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - This column will exam how the Social Security Administration evaluates Disability Insurance Claims for people who suffer from convulsive disorders such as epilepsy. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a set of criteria that it uses called Listings to determine whether a person is eligible for monthly disability insurance payments. To obtain disability insurance benefit payments from the SSA a person must in general have a health problem that can be expected to last at least one year click here for full text.

Evaluating Credibility in Social Security Disability Claims - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - The Biblical adage, "Judge not, that ye shall be judged" doesn't apply in Social Security Disability claims. This column will look at the rules that the Social Security Administration (SSA) Judge uses to decide who is telling the truth in disability insurance benefits claims. Every disability claimant who appears before an Administrative Law Judge will testify under oath where he hurts and why he or she can't work. The Judge then has to decide if the person's testimony is believable. click here for full text.

Heart Disease and Social Security Disability Claims - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - This column will take a look at how the Social Security Administration evaluates disability claims from people who suffer heart disease. The SSA has a set of Listings covering the various types of heart disease. As readers of this column may recall, the SSA uses a set of criteria to determine if a person's health problems with a particular disease meet the requirements to be granted monthly Disability Insurance Benefits from the SSA. To understand the Listings for heart disease it is useful click here for full text.

HIV and Social Security Disability Claims - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - This column will examine how the Social Security Administration evaluates Disability Insurance Claims for people who are diagnosed with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (HIV). The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a set of criteria that it uses called Listings to determine whether a person is eligible for monthly disability insurance payments. To obtain disability insurance benefit payments from the SSA a person must in general have a health problem that can be expected to last at least click here for full text.

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