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Filing for SSDI Benefits

Filing for SSDI Benefits

Filing for SSDI Benefits. SSDI requires that your medical conditions prevent you from working for at least 12 months.  SSDI is available to individuals who have worked a certain number of years and paid into the Social Security system.   Under SSDI, You...

Disability Payment Schedule

Disability Payment Schedule

Disability Payment Schedule. The date you receive your disability payments depends on two things.  First, the date depends on the type of disability benefit you receive.  Second, it depends on your birthday.  The date you receive benefits does not...

Disability Help Group Honored as ACRD National Top 7 for 2025

Disability Help Group Honored as ACRD National Top 7 for 2025 We're thrilled to share some exciting news: Disability Help Group has been recognized by Advocates, Counselors & Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) as a Disability Award National Top 7 recipient...

Proposed SSDI Eligibility Changes Could Cut Benefits for Older Workers

Proposed SSDI Eligibility Changes Could Cut Benefits for Older Workers Currently, the Social Security Administration (SSA) factors age into one type of Social Security disability (SSDI) determination. If the applicant meets the criteria for a listed condition in the...

VA Permanent and Total Disability (TDIU) for PTSD

VA Permanent and Total Disability (TDIU) for PTSD. Let us help you receive the benefits you have earned.

What is SSDI Back Pay?

What is SSDI Back Pay? Frequently, if Social Security approves your disability claim, you will receive back pay.  Back pay refers to the payments for the months between your application date and your approval date.  Social Security calls your approval date your onset...

How Long Does it Take to Get Social Security Disability Benefits?

How Long Does it Take to Get Social Security Disability Benefits? According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), the average processing time for a new Social Security Disability (SSDI) application is three to six months. But, the average processing time varies...

What Are Non-Medical Requirements for Disability?

What Are Non-Medical Requirements for Disability?  To receive Social Security disability insurance benefits (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income benefits (SSI) you must meet both medical and non-medical requirements.  Typically, Social Security will make sure you...

VA Permanent and Total Disability (TDIU) for PTSD

VA Permanent and Total Disability (TDIU) for PTSD. Let us help you receive the benefits you have earned.

VA Disability Compensation Rates 2020 (Updated for 2025)

VA Disability Compensation Rates 2020 (Updated for 2025) VA Disability Compensation Rates for 2020 increased by about 1.6% from 2019 rates. If the VA decides that a veteran’s disability is related to service, it must then assign a rating percentage.  By law, VA may...

Can I get A 100% VA Rating for PTSD due to Military Sexual Trauma?

Can I get A 100% VA Rating for PTSD due to Military Sexual Trauma? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disability triggered by a traumatic event.  When the average person thinks of a traumatic military event, they...

How To Increase Your VA Disability Rating

How To Increase Your VA Disability Rating From 70% To 100% If you currently have a 70% VA disability rating, you may already understand how VA ratings work. A 100% VA disability rating is the maximum allowed by law and with some...

How Long Does it Take to Get Social Security Disability Benefits?

How Long Does it Take to Get Social Security Disability Benefits? According to the Social Security Administration (SSA), the average processing time for a new Social Security Disability (SSDI) application is three to six months. But, the average processing time varies...

What You Need to Know: Widows Benefits and Social Security Disability

What You Need to Know: Widows Benefits and Social Security Disability When you qualify for two types of Social Security benefits, such as widows benefits and Social Security disability (SSDI), you may be unsure which to pursue or how they might work together. ...

Can I get A 100% VA Rating for PTSD due to Military Sexual Trauma?

Can I get A 100% VA Rating for PTSD due to Military Sexual Trauma? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disability triggered by a traumatic event.  When the average person thinks of a traumatic military event, they...

What Medical Conditions Are Considered Disabling?

What Medical Conditions Are Considered Disabling? If you suffer from a disability and live in the U.S. you may be entitled to Social Security Disability benefits. For this to happen the Social Security Administration must deem your disability severe enough that you...

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How Can I Get TDIU?

What Is TDIU? Many veterans are unable to earn a living because of service-connected disabilities.  Congress created a special benefit called...

Can I Get SSDI for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)? 

Can I Get SSDI for IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)?  Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) isn’t listed in the Social Security Blue Book. That means there’s...

Can I Get Disability Benefits for Lupus? 

Can I Get Disability Benefits for Lupus?  “Lupus” is generally used as a shorthand for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). There are other forms of...

Does Kidney Disease Qualify Me for SSDI? 

Does Kidney Disease Qualify Me for SSDI?  Kidney disease, like most other medical conditions, may or may not qualify a person for Social Security...

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