SSDI/SSI BENEFITS BASED ON BORDERLINE INTELLECTUAL FUNCTIONING
Disability claimants with borderline intellectual functioning (IQs between 71 and 84) can qualify for disability benefits and SSI. This is especially so if they have other impairments. Borderline intellectual functioning is a cognitive impairment resulting in lower than average intelligence, but not a severe intellectual disability which was formerly known as
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) AS A BASIS FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS AND SSI
PTSD is a mental health disorder* that affects individuals who either experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as war combat, sexual assault, child abuse, car accident, or natural disaster. The condition can severely impact the sufferer causing, for example, flashbacks, nightmares, or other impairment related to the memory of
SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY FEDERAL COURT ACTIONS
WHY? Your claim for SSI and/or SSDI has been denied by the Social Security Administration (SSA) at Initial Review, upon Reconsideration, before an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), and by the highest administrative tribunal, the Appeals Council (AC). You have exhausted all possible administrative remedies and, despite having been unable to work
DISABILITY AND SSI BASED ON MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)
Multiple sclerosis (MS) involves an immune-mediated process in which an abnormal response of the body’s immune system is directed against the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. Within the CNS, the immune system causes inflammation that damages myelin — the fatty substance that surrounds and
COVID-19 AND DISABILITY
A number of clients have asked about Covid-19 as a basis for disability benefits or SSI. While most people recover from the virus after several weeks, some suffer more serious effects and ongoing impairments. Those with autoimmune diseases such as MS, lupus, or rheumatoid arthritis, those with other chronic health conditions
New Guidance on Statutory Benefit Continuation
SSA updated its coronavirus website on November 6 to include new guidance for people whose disability benefits were terminated because of a Continuing Disability Review determination or age-18 redetermination. Those who submitted requests for reconsideration of the termination but did not elect statutory benefits consideration can now request that their benefits continue until
COVID 19 – IN PERSON HEARINGS UNAVAILABLE
In person hearings on claims for SSI and disability insurance benefits are currently postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That means that many claimants require alternative ways for their claims to be heard as soon as possible. Until very recently, the majority of hearings which have not been postponed have
Faces of Rhode Island – Social Security Disability Edition – RI MONTHLY
In 1991, Rhode Island lawyers David Green and Moe Greenberg joined forces to represent claimants for Social Security Disability Benefits and SSI. Over more than twenty-five years, Green & Greenberg has won thousands of Rhode Island disability cases entitling its clients to awards of medical insurance coverage, retroactive cash benefits
Upcoming Changes to Continuing Disability Review Could Have Disastrous Results
On November 18, 2019 the Social Security Administration published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking reducing the time between many Continuing Disability Reviews from three years to two years. According to a New York Times opinion piece from Jonathan M. Stein, a former legal aid lawyer, this could have disastrous results