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2 Mar 10:12 am
Before you put yourself through the drudgery of going down to your local Social Security office, check the Social Security website to see if you can take care of your problem without
going in. There are a lot of things you can take care of online. Did you know you can do all of the following at the Social Security website? Apply for retirement benefits. Apply for
disability benefits. Check your application status. Appeal a recent decision / denial. Find out what benefits you can apply for. Find ...
1 Oct 12:03 pm
... Do you get frustrated with the long wait while visiting the Social Security Administration (SSA) or get annoyed by being placed on hold
before a real person answers your call? In ... the easiest way to locate your local Social Security Administration office is by visiting the SSA's website. These are just some of the topics that may be of value to Indiana residents who ... or have your phone glued to your ear, you might want to
visit www.ssa.gov and see if what you need is just a mouse click away. For ...
18 Jan 9:53 am
... authenticated individuals to calculate estimates of potential retirement benefits in real time, based in part on their SSA-maintained
records and in part on information they enter. The Retirement Estimator was released in July 2008. ... Retirement Podcast. SSA has developed a
podcast on the important factors to be considered in deciding when to retire. The podcast is available at www.ssa.gov/podcasts. Source:
National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives website (www.nosscr.org ...
6 Mar, 2007 6:45 am
... and Means Committee. Warsineskey, the manager of the downtown Cleveland Social Security office, noted that SSA field offices could only
fill 1 out of every 8 vacant ... . Mr. Warsineskey also noted that job stress has become so bad in SSA field offices that employees are
suffering health problems, including strokes and some ... . Keep a copy of everything, including your medical records. Do not assume that SSA
will be able to keep up with your file. Technorati Tags: Social Security Administration, 800- ...
30 Oct 12:59 pm
... initial filing to a favorable decision. When Georgia Congressman John Lewis set reduction of SSA's disability case backlog as one of his
top priorities, the Atlanta North ... we have exceeded our backlog reduction goal for this year." Click on the link to see SSA's recent news
release discussing these developments. Despite Commissioner Astrue's ... office and I applaud him for his efforts. Moving a large bureaucracy like SSA is not an easy task and I wish him the best of luck in this undertaking. Post ...
24 Mar 9:47 pm
... ,000 people who waited more than 2 hours for service. And yet, the SSA workload is expected to increase tremendously. The agency projects
that filings will increase its work by approximately ... applications now number 2.6 million, according to the Social Security Administration. SSA reports the time for a decision at the initial application level is 106 days. At the hearing level, ... ,852 238 Days Total Pending Backlog: 1,440,842
Average SSA wait time across all levels: 942 days Backlog in New Jersey ...
18 Jun, 2008 4:46 am
... , most states, like Florida in 1968, abandoned "common law marriage" between a man and a woman. Indeed, SSA has denied Title II regular
SSA spousal retirement or disability benefits to heterosexual partners who did not have a marriage license, but if the person sought Title XVI
SSI benefits, denied them on the grounds they were holding out to be a husband and wife. So basically, SSA said that to get money from us on
Social Security taxes you paid, we regard you as NOT married, but to get money ...
20 Aug 5:59 pm
... Security (DHS) published a rule in 2007 setting forth "safe haven" procedures for an employer to complete upon receipt of a Social Security Administration (SSA) "no-match" letter. A "no-match" letter is a letter from the SSA to an employer ... until September 18, 2009,
after which it will issue the final rule rescinding its "safe haven" procedures. Please note that the SSA will continue to issue "no-match"
letters, but the DHS will not require that "safe haven" procedures be followed. Employers ...
12 Nov 11:27 am
Many Indiana residents attempting to receiveSocial Security disability benefits are confused about what the Social Security Administration (SSA) calls a "durational requirement". A durational requirement refers to a time qualification that must be met in order to receive Social ... immediately
when you become disabled. Some people are concerned that they will need to wait 12 months before the SSA will find them disabled. On the
contrary, you may be found disabled if your condition is expected to ...
20 Jun, 2008 7:06 am
... the entries on NOSSCR's collection of news and editorials on the scandal (scroll down on the web-page to see the articles). Last year, SSA
judges heard 550,000 cases. Unfortunately, the backlog grew to 750,000 severely disabled people waiting to get a hearing. In ... hear 15-20 cases per week. Less judges means long, long
delays waiting for a judge to be assigned and your hearing to be scheduled by SSA. More funding, more judges, more judges, less delay in
getting a hearing. Write your congressman!
10 Feb 3:42 pm
... to obtain approval of the fee he or she wishes to charge for representing a claimant before the Social Security Administration (SSA) in
claims for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits. To use that process, the attorney and the claimant ... $5,300. There have been no increases since that time.
However, that recently changed. On February 4, 2009, SSA announced in the Federal Register that the maximum dollar amount for fee agreements
will increase to $6,000. SSA believes that the ...
13 Jul 10:41 am
... with the Social Security Administration. After a divorce, taxpayers who change back to their previous (or any other) last name, need to notify the SSA of the change. Informing the SSA of a name change is simple - file Form SS-5 at your local SSA office. Form SS-5 is available HERE. Also, if you change your address, use IRS Form 8822 - Change of Address to notify the Internal Revenue Service. Note:
There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it. This Blog/ ...
24 Sep, 2008 6:48 pm
Fast Facts & Figures answers the most frequently asked questions about the programs administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). It highlights basic program data for the Social Security (retirement, survivors, and disability) and Supplemental Security Income programs. Most of ...
country's oldest to its youngest citizens. In all, about 55 million people receive some type of benefit or assistance. Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security, 2008 can be found
here - [www.ssa.gov]
19 Jan 6:19 pm
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has issued a final rule that applies the "preponderance of the evidence" standard, not the
"substantial evidence" standard, to decisions made in claims at all levels of administrative review, ... not." Substantial evidence "means such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind
might accept as adequate to support a conclusion." According to SSA, the rule clarifies, in regulations, that the preponderance of the evidence
standard is used by all SSA adjudicators to ...
3 Aug 11:13 am
... benefits. The Court agreed with the plan administrator, but issued a warning that if an administrator is going to disagree with SSA, it
should make sure the basis for its determination, and ultimately the basis for its disagreement, be very carefully and completely explained ... rely on an outside determination but did
the hard legwork itself. So from this case, it appears that SSA determinations are not the defining definition of "disability," but plans
should be prepared to explain in detail how ...
12 Sep 6:44 am
(SSA) has experienced processing delays and significant backlogs of disability claims at the hearings level. In May 2007, SSA began implementing a plan for eliminating the hearings backlog entitled Summary of Initiatives to Eliminate the SSA Hearings Backlog (the Plan)....
24 Aug 1:14 pm
... of proposed termination? It depends on how vulnerable you are to losing. I received the following question from one of my readers: I received a letter from SSA saying that they are reviewing my current SSDI benefit and possible to end my benefits due to substantial work between 2004 ... month by month to
calculate how many months you exceeded SGA. You could, in theory, could be asked to repay SSA for each month that you received earnings over
SGA and also collected SSDI. Note that a couple of other ...
16 Jun, 2006 6:00 am
Our thirty ninth program we speak about Interior Enforcement and SSA Letters. The Federal Register published a proposed new regulation on
Wednesday 6/14 that once implemented will require U.S. employers to respond to SSA letters within 14 days and will impose specific processes
for verifying work authorization of new employees. David Hart and Andrea Olivos-Kah discuss some aspects of this new law as well as the recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(or "ICE") investigations that have ...
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14 Aug, 2008 6:21 pm
"NILC has obtained a copy of instructions distributed to Social Security Administration (SSA) staff intended to implement the so-called "Ensign
amendment" regarding individuals seeking Title II Social Security benefits who attempt to correct ... whose attempt to correct their earnings record is denied due to application of
these instructions. Such individuals may, of course, appeal SSA's decision and attempt to refute the finding that they worked under an SSN with
the intent to deceive. Other legal ...
6 Mar 3:00 am
A medical source statement is an important piece of evidence in a Social Security disability claim. The opinion of your treating doctor regarding your functional limitations should be
given controlling weight by the SSA, if the opinion is not inconsistent with the other substantial evidence in the case record. 20 C.F.R.
404.1527(d)(2). Social Security has a form, entitled Medical Source Statement of Ability to do Work-Related Activities (Physical), for a treating doctor to give an opinion ...
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