Social Security Disability
Americans with a condition, disease or other disability which prevents them from obtaining employment can apply for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits. SSD provides beneficiaries who are completely disabled with a monthly cash income. For most cases, the disability must prevent the beneficiary from working for at least 12 months or eventually result in death. Several levels of appeal may have to be pursued before the application of benefits is complete. Even if you are denied during any course of the appeal, you are not automatically disqualified from receiving benefits.
What are my attorney fees?
Fees are based on a percentage of the amount recovered after the conclusion of the case and is capped by a maximum fee amount established by the Social Security Administration. All attorney fee requests must also be approved by the Social Security Administration.
If you or a loved one has suffered an injury, illness or death that prevents you from working, call VanDerGinst Law at 1-866-843-7367 or click here for a FREE online case evaluation. The initial consultation is free of charge. If we agree to handle your injury case, we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if, and when, there is a money recovery for you. In many cases a lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. So please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.
Links on the Web
 NYT > Social Security (US) - Search for 'National Disability Claim Insurance'News about United States Social Security, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times. |
| Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Continuing a Conversation on Social Security Because the rules on Social Security are so complex and numerous, we decided to keep the talk going online. Click here to read this Social Security Disability news article. |
| Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400 Marking Time, Making Do New York is a hectic town, but for some people the work is just to wait. Patrick Garbiras, homeless, ailing and hoping for word soon on a disability claim, is one of them. Click here to read this Social Security Disability news article. |
| Sun, 30 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0500 The Index of Missing Economic Indicators; The Unemployment Myth Prof Austan Goolsbee Op-Ed article holds government programs, especially Social Security disability, masked true depth of unemployment and recession by effectively buying people off unemployment rolls; holds recession was not mild and recovery must go far to bring economy back to point official unemployment rate suggests we already are Click here to read this Social Security Disability news article. |
| Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:00:00 -0400 Social Security's Stable Benefit Op-Ed article by Hugh Price of National Urban League and Julian Bond of NAACP disputes recent claim by Bush administration's commission to study Social Security that African-Americans would do better if Social Security system includes private individual investment accounts; says guaranteed assistance is important to black community; notes blacks are only 12 percent of population, but they make up 17 percent of Americans receiving Social Security disability benefits and 22 percent of all childre... Click here to read this Social Security Disability news article. |
| Mon, 11 May 1992 00:00:00 -0400 Benefits Are Refused More Often To Disabled Blacks, Study Finds For 30 years, blacks with serious ailments have been much more likely than whites to be rejected for benefits under Social Security disability programs, a Congressional investigative agency has found. From the initial claim through the appeals process, blacks have had a more difficult time obtaining benefits from the two largest Federal programs for people with severe disabilities, which together now provide $43.2 billion in disability checks annually to millions of workers and their families, ... Click here to read this Social Security Disability news article. |
| Wed, 16 Nov 1988 00:00:00 -0500 U.S. DRAFTS RULES LIMITING APPEALS ON SOCIAL SECURITY LEAD: Social Security officials have drafted new rules that would sharply restrict the rights of elderly and disabled people to appeal Government decisions denying Social Security, Medicare and welfare benefits. Click here to read this Social Security Disability news article. |
