My Claim Was Initially Denied. What’s Next? Social Security Request For Reconsideration
By: Binder & Binder
Jan 25, 2023
After the State Agency decides you are not disabled, you will receive a letter saying you are not eligible for disability. After a page of standardized language, your notice may list...
What is Insured Status Under Social Security?
By: Binder & Binder
Jan 11, 2023
To apply for Social Security Disability – and this is the difference between Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability (SSD) – one must be insured. Insurance in Social...
How Valuable is My Testimony?
By: Binder & Binder
Jan 10, 2023
There is an old joke in the real estate world that goes “how do you evaluate property?” The answer is, “There are three things that matter: Location, location, location.” In...
What Happens at a Court Hearing And What Has Been Changed Nowadays
By: Binder & Binder
Jan 10, 2023
Court hearings have changed dramatically since I first started doing them decades ago. In those days, your hearing was conducted in hearing offices called the Office of Hearings and Appeal,...
Case of the Month: Huntington’s Disease
By: bnbadmin2020
Apr 13, 2022
I recently received a decision on a case we have worked on for some time. My unfortunate client has Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s is a hereditary disorder that first incapacitates and...
Disabled due to Long Term Covid-19 Symptoms?
By: bnbadmin2020
Apr 2, 2022
While the long-term effects of having had Covid-19 are still being discovered, new research shows the health consequences are more problematic and impactful then once thought. Nowhere is this more...
Who will be at my Social Security Disability Hearing?
By: bnbadmin2020
Mar 24, 2022
The Judge The most important person at the hearing (besides you, of course) is the Administrative Law Judge or ALJ. After all, he or she will be the one deciding...
The Office of Hearing Operations
By: bnbadmin2020
Mar 4, 2022
The best way to be prepared for anything is to know as much about it as possible. In this case, we feel that you should understand who is involved in...
Request a Hearing
By: bnbadmin2020
Jan 13, 2022
The hearing comes about after you have lost at each of the first two stages. You must appeal the second stage (Reconsideration) denial within 60 days of getting it in...