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How does the Social Security Administration decide Who is Disabled? - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - In order to obtain disability insurance benefits the rule of thumb is that the claimant must have worked and paid in sufficient FICA taxes from his employment for a period of ten years prior to his disability beginning. There is a five year grace period after a disabled worker has last worked this ten year period in which s he is still covered by SSA Disability Insurance Benefits. For example, Mary works as a teacher from 1983 to 1993. In 1993 she decides to stop working to care for click here for full text.

How to Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - This column will deal with the mechanics of how a disabled worker actually applies for Social Security Disability benefits and what happens after the application is filed. As an example we will use the case of Bill Smith. Bill has worked at a manufacturing plant for 20 years doing heavy lifting. One day at home he falls while carrying groceries and ruptures two discs in his lumbar spine. He is out of work for a year while undergoing conservative treatment for his back such as medication, physical click here for full text.

Interstitial Cystitis Social Security Disability Claims - posted: March 17, 2006 - author: Pitt Dickey - This column will examine how the Social Security Administration (SSA) evaluates disability claims which involve a bladder condition called Interstitial Cystitis (IC). Interstitial Cystitis is a very painful disease that effects the bladder. It seems to primarily attack women and can occur before the age of eighteen. This condition can be difficult to diagnose. Women suffering from it may have had a number of unsuccessful surgical procedures and unsuccessful medical treatment to relieve their chronic click here for full text.

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