Earlier this month the National Multiple Sclerosis Society hosted an event on the East Coast to raise awareness about MS. A meteorologist for a national network wrote a story about her life with MS. The weather forecaster, who works for Fox, says that she first...
Year: 2014
Veterans with disabilities in San Diego may qualify for SSDI
Veterans who have suffered disabling conditions in service to the country may have options in terms of seeking disability benefits. People in San Diego may realize that the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs provides resources for many of our disabled vets. However,...
Study: End of unemployment benefits and SSDI claims not linked
Some commentators claim that workers across the country have been leaning on the Social Security disability insurance benefits program as some kind of proxy for unemployment when those benefits have been exhausted. Researchers at the Columbia Business School decided...
Social Security adds 25 conditions to Compassionate Allowances
In 2008, the Social Security Administration first launched the Compassionate Allowances Initiative to expedite claim determinations for the most severe qualifying medical conditions, according to the agency. The program is not separate from the Social Security...
Cervical Health Awareness Month and SSDI benefits in San Diego
Cervical cancer may not necessarily garner as many headlines as some other forms of cancer. But, each year many women in California hear the news from the doctor that they have cervical cancer. Since the mid-1950s, the survival rate for women diagnosed with this form...
Anxiety disorders and California SSDI claims
Anxiety disorders may include conditions such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety, phobias and other forms of social anxiety issues, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Anxiety disorders are generally...