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SSD Qualifications for Anxiety

SSD Qualifications for Anxiety

SSD Qualifications for Anxiety - Matt Sauerwald, President, Disability Help Group Matt Sauerwald is one of the nation’s top Disability Advocates. Matt has spent more than a decade helping people who are unable to work due to a disability, representing thousands of...

SSD Benefits for Widows

SSD Benefits for Widows

SSD Benefits for Widows The Social Security Administration (SSA) provides benefits to certain survivors of deceased workers. That’s true whether the deceased was still working, was retired, or was receiving SSDI benefits at the time of their death. But, not every...

Why Filing for SSD after 60 is Beneficial

Why Filing for SSD after 60 is Beneficial

Why Filing for SSD after 60 is Beneficial - Matt Sauerwald, President, Disability Help Group Matt Sauerwald is one of the nation’s top Disability Advocates. Matt has spent more than a decade helping people who are unable to work due to a disability, representing...

Income Limits on Social Security Disability

Income Limits on Social Security Disability

Income Limits on Social Security Disability – MATT SAUERWALD, PRESIDENT, DISABILITY HELP GROUP Matt Sauerwald is a leading advocate for the disabled. For more than 10 years, he’s worked on behalf of people who are disabled and can no longer work. Matt has represented...

SSDI Without a Work History

SSDI Without a Work History

SSDI Without a Work History Social Security disability (SSDI) offers an important safety net for those who are unable to continue working due to injury, illness, or a chronic medical condition. But, the SSDI program is for disabled workers. Those with no work history...

What is SSDI?

What is SSDI?

What is SSDI? SSDI, or Social Security disability insurance, provides income for U.S. workers who have become disabled and are no longer able to engage in substantial gainful activity. SSDI is different from private disability insurance because it is available to...

What Happens After an SSD Hearing Denial? Understanding the Social Security Disability Appeals Process

What Happens After an SSD Hearing Denial? Understanding the Social Security Disability Appeals Process Post-Hearing Review in Social Security Disability Claims Did you know there is a post-hearing process wherein you can ask for further review of your claim even if...

How Workers’ Compensation and Long Term Disability Benefits Affect Social Security Disability Benefits

How Workers’ Compensation and Long Term Disability Benefits Affect Social Security Disability Benefits Workers’ Compensation Benefits and How They Impact Social Security Disability Benefits After the turmoil of the Great Depression, States concluded that they needed...

2026 COLA for Social Security Disability (SSD)

2026 COLA for Social Security Disability (SSD) Updated for 2026 COLA rates Every year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) looks at information about consumer prices and adjusts Social Security disability (SSD) and retirement benefits to keep pace. Social...

What is the Criteria for 70% TBI Disability Rating?

What is the Criteria for 70% TBI Disability Rating? What is the Criteria for 70% TBI Disability Rating? After VA grants service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI disability), VA must determine the correct rating percentage.  As a result, the rating...

Social Security Disability Changes for 2026

Social Security Disability Changes for 2026 The 2026 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is 2.8%, slightly higher than the 2.5% increase in benefits in 2025 and slightly higher than the long-term average of 2.6%. The adjustment applies to a wide range of benefits...

Yankee Station Agent Orange UPDATED 2025

Yankee Station Agent Orange - Blue Water veterans can now get presumptive service connection. The Yankee Station If you served in the Blue Water Navy during the Vietnam War, you may have been exposed to Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide. As of January 1, 2020, Blue...

What is the Criteria for 70% TBI Disability Rating?

What is the Criteria for 70% TBI Disability Rating? What is the Criteria for 70% TBI Disability Rating? After VA grants service connection for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI disability), VA must determine the correct rating percentage.  As a result, the rating...

Yankee Station Agent Orange UPDATED 2025

Yankee Station Agent Orange - Blue Water veterans can now get presumptive service connection. The Yankee Station If you served in the Blue Water Navy during the Vietnam War, you may have been exposed to Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide. As of January 1, 2020, Blue...

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...

What Does “Appeal Under Review” Mean for SSDI?

What Does “Appeal Under Review” Mean for SSDI? If you’ve received an “appeal under review” status from the Social Security Administration (SSA), it can be confusing. This update in the Social Security Disability (SSDI) appeals process indicates that a decision has...

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...

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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...

How to Prepare for Your Social Security Disability (SSD) Hearing

How to Prepare for Your Social Security Disability (SSD) Hearing By Erica S. Chitwood, Senior Disability Advocate If you’ve applied for Social...

Faster SSDI Claims for 100% P&T Disabled Veterans

Faster SSDI Claims for 100% P&T Disabled Veterans By Scott Layden, Senior Disability Advocate U.S military disabled veterans who have been rated...

Understanding the Difference Between SSI and SSD

Understanding the Difference Between SSI and SSD By Jennifer Walker, Senior Disability Advocate One of the most common questions we hear is: “What’s...

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