The processing time for Indianapolis Social Security Disability Hearings at the Office of Adjudication and Review (ODAR) has fallen again. As reported elsewhere on this site, in November 2009, the number of days from the filing of a Request for Hearing until the case was completed at the hearing site averaged 579 days. In April [...]
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Processing Time for Indianapolis Social Security Disability Hearings Falls Again!
May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Delay, General, Hearings, SSA
Tags: Adjudication·Benefit From·Claimant·Disability Benefits·Disability Claim·Disability Hearings·Evansville Indiana·Ft Wayne·Ft Wayne Indiana·Heariings·Indianapolis·Indianapolis Office·Odar·Postings·Processing Time·Social Security·Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability and Computer Usage
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Attorney Representation, General, Hearings, SSA, Social Security Disability Benefits Denial Indiana
There are rumors that an administrative law judge stated in a seminar that he went on line and researched to see if the claimant had job applications pending during the claim. The speculation is that the ALJ is using on-line research skills to see if current resumes are being posted by the claimants. Why would [...]
Tags: Administrative Law Judge·Alj·Claimant·Claimants·Computer Skills·Computer Usage·Day Job·Disability System·Earnings Records·Facebook·Group Web·Indianapolis·Myspace·News Media·Old Adage·Resumes·Social Security·Social Security Disability·Speculation·Support Group
Medical Diagnosis Alone Is Not Enough in Social Security Disability Case
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · General, Medical Impairment, Rules, SSA
I recently saw an article on the Social Security Disability Lawyer by attorney Gordon Gates about it not being the diagnosis but the severity of the impairment that is important. He states: “When talking with Social Security disability claimants, I often hear a statement like “I can’t work because I have been diagnosed with bipolar [...]
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Do You Know the Rules of Social Security?
June 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Rules
In January of 1968, in the second season of Star Trek, Captain James T. Kirk invites the mobster Jojo Krako to play a card game of Fizzbin. Krako, who plays a lot of card games, accepts even though he does not know the rules. Kirk deals the cards. Kirk and Spock then begin to turn [...]
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