Social Security Disability (SSD)

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America reports that 40 million people in the United States live with some form of anxiety disorder and more than 17 million adults live with depression. If you have been diagnosed with anxiety and depression that affects your ability to work and earn a living, a short-term disability may be available to provide financial…

Millions of people all over the world struggle with mental health conditions. If you are one of them, you certainly understand how difficult and debilitating these conditions can often be. Depending upon their severity, mental health issues keep you from being able to work and earn a steady income or enjoy many of life’s day-to-day activities as you otherwise would.…

Anyone who becomes disabled from either illness or injury in New York has no time to waste before they can take steps to replace their income with disability benefits. Not only do they need to find out what benefits to apply for, but they must also try to determine exactly how much they can receive in monthly benefit payments. Under…

Getting older can be wonderful in some ways and challenging in others. Often, getting older means that age-related illnesses and injuries occur more frequently. This is not to mention other disabling conditions that might begin at a younger age but carry on throughout later years. As a result, people often wonder about Social Security Disability benefits, and whether the rules…

Fibromyalgia is chronic pain disorder that causes millions of people to suffer from intense pain and its incessant presence leaves many suffers to be totally disabled either from the pain itself or from the accompanying mental and emotional depression so much a part of the condition. Yet, because the illness is difficult to “prove,” Fibromyalgia (FM) is not included as…

Eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSD or SSD) benefits is determined by three factors: Have you worked enough years to accumulate the required “work credits?” Do you meet the Social Security Administration’s definition of “disabled?” Do you earn more than the maximum income eligibility amount? At the Law Office of Daniel Berger, nydisability.com, we concentrate exclusively on helping disabled…

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost a quarter of the adult population of the United States suffers from the pain and disabling symptoms of arthritis with the cost of medical treatment and lost wages exceeding $303 billion annually. It ranks as the most frequently cited cause of work disability. If arthritis prevents you from working, Social…

Social Security Disability (SSD or SSD) benefits help support disabled workers who become too ill or injured to work full time because of a physical or mental impairment. The amount each recipient gets in their monthly SSD benefit payment varies, depending on their lifetime average annual taxable income. But no matter how much each person receives, SSD was not intended…

A great sigh relief may have been your response to receipt of the notice from the Social Security Administration approving your claim for disability benefits. It may have taken months and the efforts of a disability lawyer at NY Disability, so it’s perfectly understandable for you to feel as though the fight is finally over. Unfortunately, federal law and regulations…

If you are 63 years old and thinking of early retirement or have been forced to stop working because of a disability, you may be worried about how much Social Security benefit at age 63 is available to you. The Social Security Administration manages the retirement benefits system and the Social Security Disability Insurance program that pays monthly benefits to…