SSDI Step 1: Are You Working?
By: bnbadmin2020
Aug 17, 2021
How the 5-Step Process Works As the name implies, the 5-step process is essentially a set of 5 questions that Social Security asks in order to determine if you are...
What Ever Happened to Common Sense?
By: bnbadmin2020
Aug 6, 2021
It happens every day. A potential client comes in to our office and says that he deserves Social Security because he “feels” disabled. Unfortunately, we have to tell this person...
Disabled Adult Child’s Benefits
By: bnbadmin2020
Jul 19, 2021
The next benefit type we’ll be looking at is Disabled Adult Child Benefits. Even the title of this sounds complicated. How can you be an adult and a child at...
Widow/Widower Benefits
By: bnbadmin2020
Jul 9, 2021
In addition to SSD and SSI, which we have talked about, there are two other important disability programs under Social Security: Widow/Widower benefits and Disabled Adult Children. Widow and widower...
Eligibility for SSI
By: bnbadmin2020
Jun 29, 2021
The Social Security Administration offers two main disability programs. The larger and more comprehensive one is SSD. The other is Supplemental Security Income, or SSI. SSI assumes a whole different...
Can I receive both SSD and SSI benefits?
By: bnbadmin2020
Jun 25, 2021
Eligibility For SSD And SSI Together In some cases, a claimant could receive both SSD and SSI at the same time. This happens when you have worked enough to qualify...
How Much Will I Get?
By: bnbadmin2020
Jun 4, 2021
One question that we often get involves the amount of benefits awarded. Social Security has a complicated formula, called your Primary Insurance Amount (PIA), which they use to determine the...
How does Social Security Disability affect me if I’m self-employed?
By: bnbadmin2020
May 26, 2021
Some of you may be saying, “How does Social Security Disability affect me if I’m self-employed?” Self-employed people also pay Social Security and Medicare taxes on their income up to...
Your Date Last Insured (“DLI”)
By: bnbadmin2020
May 13, 2021
The easiest way to think about your DLI is like this. Imagine you own a car. It is a great car, it runs well and you expect it to last...
Eligibility for Social Security Disability
By: bnbadmin2020
May 3, 2021
SSD is for workers who were on their way to normal retirement when something went wrong. They were paying taxes into Social Security through their paychecks through something called FICA,...