Many residents of Oklahoma have endured the process of assembling and filing an application for Social Security Disability benefits only to have the claim denied. The size and complexity of the SSA often deters potential beneficiaries from pursuing their applications to the next level of administrative review. Understanding the appellate process can be an…
Social Security disability insurance (SSD) provides important benefits to help disabled individuals who are unable to work because of a severe disability they suffer from. SSD benefits can, however, be difficult and time-consuming to obtain because most initial applications for Social Security disability benefits are denied. As a result, disabled applicants for SSD benefits…
Oklahomans who are applying for Social Security disability benefits due to an injury, illness or condition that renders them unable to work should understand the basics of filing a claim including how medical evidence is used. When Disability Determination Services is assessing a case for the Social Security Administration and the medical evidence presented…
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is notoriously slow in processing applications for disability benefits. There’s information that an applicant may share that may move their application to the front of the line for processing, though. Some low-income individuals who are disabled due to specific medical conditions may qualify for expedited processing of their application….
When Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) first came into existence in 1956, the vast majority of recipients were male. Twice as many men received SSDI than women did as of the late 1980s. The gender gap among SSDI recipients has slowly been decreasing since the mid-1990s. Now, nearly half of today’s SSDI recipients are females. Individuals…