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What Is a Vocational Expert and How Do They Affect Your Disability Claim?

June 25, 2025

Accessible Fun in the Motor City: Detroit Attractions Everyone Can Enjoy

May 29, 2025

What to Know About Disability Benefits and Healthcare Access

April 29, 2025

Reasons Social Security Disability Benefits May Stop

March 18, 2025

How to Complete The Work History Report

February 14, 2025

How to Approach the Social Security Administration’s Adult Function Report

January 17, 2025

Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) Passed by Senate

January 6, 2025

Can I Get Disability Benefits As A Stay-at-Home Parent?

December 12, 2024

Can You Collect Long-Term Disability While on SSDI?

November 14, 2024

2025 SSA COLA (Cost-of-Living Adjustment) Announced

October 23, 2024

Understanding Current SSA Backlogs And What It May Mean For Your Disability Benefits Claim

October 16, 2024

Why your age matters when applying for disability

September 19, 2024

Disabled Over 50

September 19, 2024

Understanding SSI Overpayments: Common Reasons and What to Do About It

September 18, 2024

Protecting Your Benefits And Your Bank Account: What to Know

August 19, 2024

What to Know About the Past Relevant Work (PRW) Rule Change

August 7, 2024

Can My Social Security Disability Benefits Be Garnished?

June 21, 2024

Can Spousal Income Affect Your Disability Benefits?

May 23, 2024

SSA Wait Times for Disability Claim Processing Increases

March 20, 2024

What Happens to My Benefits When I Reach Retirement Age?

February 21, 2024

The PACE Program: Helping Michigan Seniors

January 24, 2024

What to Expect When Your Disabled Child Turns 18

December 28, 2023

What to Know About Social Security Disability Interview Questions

November 27, 2023

Social Security Administration Announces COLA for 2024: What to Know

November 7, 2023

Top 10 Common Social Security Disability Myths

October 12, 2023

How Does Turning 50 Affect Your Disability Benefits?

September 7, 2023

How Long Does it Take to Get Backpay?

July 6, 2023

Can a Widow Collect Their Spouse’s Social Security Benefits?

May 18, 2023

What to Know About Continuing Disability Reviews

March 23, 2023

Wait Times for Disability Claims Are At an All-Time High

February 27, 2023

What is the Reconsideration Stage in the SSD Process?

February 9, 2023

What You Should Know About SSD Claim Time Limits

December 16, 2022

SSA Cost of Living Adjustment Announced for 2023

October 21, 2022

How Does Bankruptcy Affect Disability Benefits?

September 30, 2022

What To Know About the Airline Passengers With Disabilities Bill of Rights

August 18, 2022

Disability Benefits to Increase Significantly With Next Year’s Projected COLA

July 25, 2022

Why You Should Speak to a Lawyer Before Applying for Disability Benefits

June 23, 2022

Do You Qualify for a Fast-Track Disability Benefits Decision?

May 17, 2022

Can I Qualify for SNAP Benefits While Collecting SSI?

April 18, 2022

SSA Field Offices Reopening

March 16, 2022

When Approved For SSD Benefits, Do I Receive Them For Life?

February 11, 2022

How Can Child Support Affect Disability Benefits?

January 27, 2022

What Updates Can I Expect in The Disability Hearing Process?

January 14, 2022

Can You Receive SSD and SSI Benefits At The Same Time?

December 16, 2021

“Invisible” Disabilities to Consider for Disability Benefits

December 8, 2021

Questions to Expect At Your Disability Hearing

November 29, 2021

Could Major Life Changes Affect My Disability Benefits?

November 12, 2021

Are SSI Recipients Automatically Qualified For Medicaid?

October 28, 2021

Cost-of-Living Adjustment Announced For 2022

October 15, 2021

What You Should Know About The SSI Restoration Act

September 28, 2021

How Long Does It Take To Receive Back Pay?

September 14, 2021

What Respiratory Disorders Qualify for Disability Benefits?

August 24, 2021

How Can You Spend Your SSI Payments?

August 10, 2021

What Neurological Conditions Qualify for Benefits?

July 19, 2021

Does Lupus Qualify For Social Security Disability Benefits?

July 14, 2021

Does Having Cancer Qualify An Applicant For Disability Benefits?

June 22, 2021

Will Moving Affect My Social Security Disability Payments?

June 14, 2021

Does Opting Not To Have Surgery Affect Your Social Security Disability Claim?

May 20, 2021

Do I Need To Be 50 Or Older To Receive SSD Benefits?

May 12, 2021

Top Michigan Financial Assistance Resources

April 22, 2021

Helpful Tips for Disability Phone Hearings

April 9, 2021

Date Last Insured: Everything You Need To Know And How It Affects Your SSD Claim

March 23, 2021

COVID-19 and Disability: How A Lawyer Can Improve Your Odds of Winning Benefits

March 9, 2021

Do Inheritances Affect SSI Benefits?

February 18, 2021

Can I Continue To Work If My Spouse Receives SSD Benefits?

February 11, 2021

Are There Financial Resources to Help While Waiting For Social Security Disability Benefits?

January 22, 2021

Can You Receive Disability Benefits For Fibromyalgia?

January 11, 2021

Can You Receive Disability Benefits For Epilepsy?

December 17, 2020

Can A Child Receive Disability Benefits?

December 11, 2020

Will I Lose My SSI Benefits If I Sell My Home?

November 24, 2020

How Often Will I Receive Disability Benefits?

November 16, 2020

COLA Announced at 1.3% for 2021

October 23, 2020

How Does Marriage Affect Social Security Disability?

October 15, 2020

5 Social Security Disability Benefits Myths

September 21, 2020

Applying for Disability Benefits with COPD

August 21, 2020

What Common Musculoskeletal Disorders Can Qualify for SSD?

August 10, 2020

Once You’re Approved for SSD Benefits: What Happens Next?

July 22, 2020

What Questions Should I Ask Before Hiring an SSD Lawyer?

July 15, 2020

Can I Receive SSD Benefits for Schizophrenia?

June 24, 2020

Is a Divorced Spouse Eligible for Survivor Benefits?

June 18, 2020

5 Steps to Take to Help Cope With Your Disability

May 19, 2020

Can Alcohol or Drug Use Impact My Disability Claim?

May 8, 2020

Can Social Security Disability Recipients Receive the Stimulus Bill?

April 28, 2020

Why It’s Critical to Turn to a Skilled SSD Lawyer

April 17, 2020

3 Tips for Supporting a Loved One with Chronic Illness

April 8, 2020

Can You Obtain Social Security Disability Benefits for “Invisible Illnesses?”

March 31, 2020

What Common Conditions Qualify for Disability Benefits?

March 17, 2020

How Much Does It Cost to Hire an SSD Lawyer?

March 11, 2020

Can Gaps in Medical Treatment Impact Your SSD Case?

February 25, 2020

What Are the Income and Asset Limits for Receiving SSI?

February 17, 2020

The Top 5 Reasons Your Disability Claim May Be Denied

February 6, 2020

What Happens to My Social Security Benefits When I Reach Retirement Age?

January 22, 2020

Can My Social Security Benefits Be Garnished for Debt?

January 13, 2020

Are Social Security Disability Benefits Taxed?

January 8, 2020

How Long Must You Wait Before Applying for Disability Benefits?

December 19, 2019

What Does a Partially Favorable Decision Mean?

December 17, 2019

If My Condition Gets Worse, Will My SSD Benefits Increase?

December 10, 2019

What Can Cause Your SSD Benefits to be Stopped?

November 26, 2019

Medicare and Medicaid for Disability Benefits Recipients

November 15, 2019

What is a Technical Denial of Social Security Disability Benefits?

November 5, 2019

Can I Continue to Receive My Benefits After I Go to Prison?

October 24, 2019

What You Should Know About SSD Benefits and Divorce

October 17, 2019

What is the 2020 COLA?

October 14, 2019

Mental Illness and Social Security Disability

October 9, 2019

Can Student Loans Be Forgiven for Those Receiving Social Security Disability?

September 23, 2019

Tips for Using Social Media to Protect Your Privacy

September 16, 2019

What is the Difference Between Back Pay and Retroactive Benefits?

August 29, 2019

How Much Will I Receive Each Month in SSD Benefits?

August 27, 2019

SSA Hiring Freeze May Contribute to Increased Backlog in Disability Cases

August 13, 2019

Americans with Disabilities Act 35th Anniversary

July 26, 2019

Do’s and Don’ts of Social Security Disability Video

July 24, 2019

How Did the Social Security Disability Program Begin?

July 16, 2019

What Are Compassionate Allowances?

June 27, 2019

How Do You Know if Your Condition is Eligible for SSD?

June 19, 2019

Investigation Requested into Doctors Paid to Review SSD Applications

June 7, 2019

Attorney Lamey’s Decision in HARDVILLE v. Commissioner of Social Security Case Recently Published

May 28, 2019

What Are Social Security Disability Work Credits?

May 14, 2019

What You Need to Know About Continuing Disability Reviews

May 8, 2019

Social Security Disability Fund to Last 20 Years Longer than Once Predicted

April 30, 2019

Nearly A Third of Workers with Rheumatoid Arthritis Stop Working Five Years After Diagnosis

April 23, 2019

Can Family Members Receive SSD Benefits?

April 22, 2019

What Not to Do When Applying for Social Security Disability

April 9, 2019

Why You Need an Experienced SSD Lawyer on Your Side

March 22, 2019

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Collects 1,113 Pairs of Shoes to Help Those in Need

March 14, 2019

Proposed Social Monitoring Initiative to Reduce Social Security Disability Fraud

March 13, 2019

Potential Social Security Reforms on the Horizon

February 21, 2019

The Differences Between Social Security Disability & Supplemental Security Income

February 5, 2019

Giving Back at Livingston County’s Community Connect Event

February 4, 2019

SSD Case Backlog Continues to Cause Delays

January 31, 2019

SSA Targeting Young Adults with Illnesses, Stopping Benefits to Save Money

January 11, 2019

Lives in the Balance: Doctors Paid for Quantity of SSD Case Reviews, Not Quality

January 8, 2019

The 8 Most Common Social Security Disability Myths and Facts Revealed

December 17, 2018

SSA Budget Cuts: Thousands of SSD Applicants Died While Waiting for Hearings

December 12, 2018

Veterans Groups Call for VA Nursing Home Reform

November 27, 2018

Class Action by Veterans Denied VA Benefits for PTSD Can Now Proceed

November 19, 2018

National Veterans and Military Families Month: Veterans Disability Compensation Resources

November 13, 2018

Learn Tips to Improve Your Chances of SSD Approval in Our New Infographic

November 7, 2018

Cost of Living Adjustment to Raise Military Pensions, Disability Benefits

October 31, 2018

Few Alternatives in the Face of SSDI Denials

October 26, 2018

Government Accountability Office Suggests Improvements to Regional VA Claims Processing

October 15, 2018

Claiming SSDI & VA Disability

October 5, 2018

Combat-Disabled Veterans May Receive IRS Refund

September 27, 2018

Utah Man Denied Social Security Disability Insurance in Dispute

September 25, 2018

New VA Secretary Opposes Agent Orange Benefits for Navy Veterans

September 20, 2018

Backlog for VA Benefits Higher than Once Thought

September 19, 2018

50-62-Year-Olds Aren’t Applying for SSD, Missing Opportunities

September 18, 2018

Social Security and Veterans Benefits: Understanding the Differences

August 29, 2018

Court Ruling, Regulations to Affect SSD Claims

August 27, 2018

Oregon Couple Claims SSA Seeks Repayment of Benefits

August 24, 2018

Hearing Loss as Grounds for Social Security Disability

August 14, 2018

Fewer People Qualify for Social Security Disability (SSD) Under Tighter Standards

July 25, 2018

Social Security Disability Hearings: Short Staffed, Long Waits

June 19, 2018

Federal Court Ruling Extends Disability Benefits to Injured Veterans

June 8, 2018

The Top 5 Questions the Social Security Administration Looks at When Determining if Someone is Disabled

February 20, 2018

Livingston County Residents – Come on Down to the 11th Annual Livingston County’s Community Connect!

January 26, 2018

Can You Receive Financial Assistance While Waiting for a SSD or SSI Decision?

January 22, 2018

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Has Opening For an Entry Level Position!

December 27, 2017

Tips to Remember When Applying for Social Security Disability

December 19, 2017

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December 7, 2017

How Far Back Will Social Security Pay Benefits If I am Found Disabled?

December 5, 2017

Erika Riggs Named “Notable Women Lawyer in Michigan”

November 16, 2017

The Social Security Disability Administration has Added Three New Compassionate Allowances Conditions

October 30, 2017

What is a Social Security Disability Hearing Really Like?

October 17, 2017

How Long of a Wait is Too Long for Those in Need of Social Security Disability Benefits?

September 29, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Helps a Local Bar Manager Get Disability Benefits

September 15, 2017

Remembering 9/11

September 11, 2017

What Factors Are Used When Deciding If I Am “Disabled”?

August 30, 2017

Southwest Solutions is Completing 28 New Multi-Family Townhomes in Detroit for Veterans and Their Families

August 21, 2017

What Kind of Evidence Will Be Used to Evaluate and Decide My Disability Benefits Claim?

August 8, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Help a Local Maintenance Worker Get Disability Benefits

July 31, 2017

How Does Social Security Determine If I Am Disabled?

July 28, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Participate in a Volunteer Day Helping Southwest Solutions, Beautification Day.

July 18, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Help Local Fork-Lift Operator Get The Disability Benefits He Needed

July 6, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Has Opening For Entry Level Office Assistant!

June 14, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Attend Annual National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives Conference in Washington DC!

June 9, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Help a Local Vietnam Veteran Get Disability Benefits

June 8, 2017

Lack of Treatment Is One Reason Your Social Security Disability Claim May Be Denied

June 1, 2017

Disability Attorneys of Michigan Help Local Secretary Get Disability Benefits

May 18, 2017

Don’t Hesitate to Hire a Social Security Disability Attorney From the Start

May 15, 2017

We’ve Launched Our New Website Focused on Helping The Disabled of Michigan

May 4, 2017

Top 3 Ways Veterans and Social Security Disability Applicants Can Start the 2017 New Year in Michigan

April 10, 2017

TWO REASONS TO CELEBRATE PRESIDENTS’ DAY FOR MICHIGAN VETERANS

January 28, 2017

Social Security Disability: The Ultimate Waiting Game

November 22, 2016

What The Camp Lejuene Rule Change Means For Veterans

September 16, 2016

Could a ‘Compassionate Allowance’ Help You Get SSD Benefits Sooner?

June 3, 2016

Should SSD Recipients with Mental Illness Lose Their Guns?

May 20, 2016

How to Increase Your Chance of Being Approved for SSD

October 27, 2015

Top 5 Challenges for a Detroit Veteran

July 6, 2015

Caregiver Program for Post-9/11 Veterans

June 11, 2015

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Social Security Disability

June 2, 2015

New Evidence Rule for Michigan Disability Claims

May 28, 2015

Disability Benefits for Children and Dependents

March 16, 2015

A Closer Look at Initial Level Disability Applications

December 11, 2014

Felony Convictions and Warrants Impact Social Security Benefits

November 28, 2014

SSD vs. SSI

November 1, 2014

Trends in Social Security Disability Affecting Applications and Awards

October 4, 2014

Charitable Contributions in 2012 and 2013

January 11, 2014

DOMA and Social Security Benefits for the Disabled

October 24, 2013

How Substance Abuse Could Affect a Claim

September 3, 2013

Keeping Your Disability Benefits

August 21, 2013

Medical Records and Supportive Evidence

July 28, 2013

Spotlight on Expanding Social Security

June 22, 2013