How to Calculate Social Security Credits, Formerly Quarters of Coverage
The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a credits system to determine who is eligible to collect benefits. The SSA will examine whether you have met the minimum work requirements for eligibility. These credits, once called “quarters of coverage,” are based on the amount of time you have worked, and, to some extent, the compensation you…
What You Can Expect After Your Social Security Disability Hearing
What can you expect after your Social Security disability hearing? On average, Social Security Disability appeals take months to resolve. Once you have your appeal hearing, it’s easy to feel a deep sense of relief. However, waiting on untimely court determinations creates unexpected stress. Did your attorney do everything correctly? Did your attorney make the strongest…
What to Look for in a Great Disability Lawyer
Have you submitted a disability benefits claim and are waiting to hear whether or not it’s been approved? Unfortunately, the odds are stacked against you. Only 23% of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) claims are approved at the initial application stage. Sometimes, even less if you did not use a disability lawyer. Of course, you…
Do I Need a Disability Lawyer When Working With Social Security?
Do you need to file for disability through Social Security? Have you already filed disability and been denied? Maybe we can help! Hiring a disability lawyer is both helpful for new disability claimants and critical for those who have been denied. Here’s how & why hiring a disability lawyer is a great idea in your…
Basics of Social Security Lawyers’ Fees
Hiring a social security lawyer for your claim or appeal might seem to be an overwhelming task. When you factor in the anxiety most people have about how to pay for a social security lawyer, you begin to see why so many try to pursue their claim alone. You do not have to go it…
What You Can Do When You Receive an SSDI or SSI Denial Letter
Have you applied for Social Security disability insurance (SSDI)? Did you wait months and months to hear back only to see an SSI denial letter in your mailbox? Did you know that up to seventy percent of claims are denied after your first application? Claimants often have to go through the appeal process, just to…
How to Appeal A Denial for Social Security Disability in Washington State
Applying for Social Security in Washington State can be an overwhelming process. If you are one of the greater than 70% of those who are initially denied your claim, it can be devastating, and your path to getting the benefits you have earned can be hard to see. What should you do? Who can help you? This…
How Does Social Security Define Incapacitated?
To receive Social Security benefits, you must have worked jobs that are covered by Social Security as well as have a medical condition that meets Social Security’s definition of “incapacitated.” Social Security has a strict method to define incapacitated. Unlike other programs, to receive Social Security disability benefits, you must typically be incapacitated (disabled) and…
5 Questions to Ask your Social Security Disability Attorney
The process of obtaining Social Security can be time-consuming, stressful, and confusing. Whether you’re filing your initial disability claim or working with a Social Security Disability Attorney on an appeal to a denial of your claim, you may still not have much personal knowledge of where you are in the process. For this reason, we…
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