HITECH Medical Records for low cost.

Expensive medical records is an understandable frustration of many disability applicants. This is despite the fact that most of these records are kept electronically.  They should be very easy to transfer to the patient.  Solutions exist under the HITECH Act. What is...

The Rule Against "Pyramiding"

A huge source of confusion among Veterans is how individual disability ratings are combined to produce their overall rating. When a Veteran has two or more service-connected disabilities, their overall disability percentage is determined by using a special table to...

Social Security and Citizenship

Citizenship status and SSDI eligibility You do not need US citizenship or permanent residency to qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (“SSDI”). However, you must work in The United States legally. In addition, you must have a social security number and...

Evidence in Social Security Disability

Much has been made of Social Security’s new rules that were put in place in the beginning of 2015. The rules were implemented after notice and comment procedures. The general goal of these rules were to provide clarity that was previously lacking in terms of what...