Social Security Disability Benefits

• Do I have to sign the Social Security reimbursement agreement requested by disability company?

  Disability insurance attorney Cesar Gavidia discusses whether a claimant must sign the Social Security Disability reimbursement agreement requested by the disability insurance company. I often get phone calls asking me, “Do I have to sign...
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• If I am approved for Social Security does that mean the disability insurance company must approve my disability claim?

  Disability attorney Stephen Jessup discusses how an approval from Social Security for beneifts relates to a claim for disability insurance benefits. Just because the Social Security Administration has approved you for benefits under their standards,...
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• Does Social Security always deny disability claimants the first time they submit a claim?

  We regularly hear, I think, whether it’s from clients or anyone who is filing for social security disability claims that social security never approves anybody the first time. Is there any choice to that or...
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• How often does the Social Security Administration evalaute a claimant’s eligibility for SSDI benefits?

  On long term disability claims, insurance companies, whether it’s on a private claim or on a group claim, they will require the claimant to turn in a form on a monthly basis and the doctor...
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• How does the Social Security Administration determine if a person is eligible for social security disability benefits?

  One of the things that happens, that’s most common, is that, we see claimants that are approved for social security disability, yet they are denied on their long term disability claim and we wanted to...
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• Does social security disability approve claims that are based on subjective medical conditions?

  We see a lot in our claim denials of long term disability insurance claims that the claimants are denied only because they had subjective evidence of their disability and no objective evidence. Take for example...
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• How long do I have to be disabled before I can file a claim for social security disability benefits?

  How long on an average does it take to get approved for a claim from when a claimant files his/her initial applications for social security disability? Social security has a duration of requirement. You have...
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• What is the appeal process if my Social Security Disability Claim has been denied?

  Just about everybody who has a long term disability insurance policy that was issued by their employer which would be governed by ERISA is required to apply for social security disability. And if many of...
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