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2023-05-26: Updated: 2023-05-26 17:41:38 Mental Health Awareness Month

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2023-03-22: Updated: 2023-03-22 09:04:23 SSDI: ALJ may not cherry-pick medical evidence to deny claims

by Ted Smith

2023-02-06: Updated: 2023-02-06 15:53:42 SSDI claims processing times even longer since COVID-19

by Ted Smith

2022-12-06: Updated: 2022-12-06 06:39:38 What is a disability for purposes of eligibility for SSDI?

by Ted Smith

2022-11-23: Updated: 2022-12-06 06:43:26 SSDI claims: Long COVID-19 symptoms can be disabling

by Ted Smith

2022-08-27: Updated: 2022-08-27 18:37:37 The 4 Methods for a Social Security Disability Hearing

by Ted Smith

2022-08-15: Updated: 2022-08-20 16:05:41 What claimants should know about the initial application process for Social Security disability benefits

by Ted Smith

2022-05-30: Updated: 2022-05-30 21:15:57 Our Nation Remembers

by Ted Smith

2022-01-30: Updated: 2022-02-01 12:08:21 Social Security Offices are Reopening!!!

by Ted Smith

2020-08-08: Updated: 2020-08-09 07:48:17 COVID-19 PANDEMIC and SOCIAL SECURITY

by Ted Smith

2020-01-18: Updated: 2020-01-18 18:13:09 Social Security Offices Are Closed on Monday January 20

by Ted Smith

2019-12-30: Updated: 2019-12-30 19:50:08 Should you be taking Gabapentin?

by Ted Smith

2019-12-24: Updated: 2019-12-24 19:30:34 New Hours For Local Social Security Offices

by Ted Smith

2019-12-01: Updated: 2019-12-01 09:39:13 Teaching at a Social Security Disability Seminar in December

by Ted Smith

2019-11-28: Updated: 2019-11-28 10:17:23 Happy Thanksgiving!

by Ted Smith

2019-02-10: Updated: 2019-02-10 11:40:19 Canes, Walkers, Wheelchairs and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2019-01-27: Updated: 2019-01-27 14:09:44 Social Security Asks for Comments About How to Evaluate Pain in the Disability Claims

by Ted Smith

2019-01-18: Updated: 2019-01-18 14:38:10 Video Teleconference Hearing

by Ted Smith

2019-01-12: Updated: 2019-01-12 20:07:39 The Government Shutdown and Social Security

by Ted Smith

2018-11-03: Updated: 2018-11-03 17:42:47 Activities of Daily Living

by Ted Smith

2018-09-03: Updated: 2018-09-03 18:36:56 Working and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2018-09-01: Updated: 2018-09-01 21:23:25 Suicide and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2018-07-04: Updated: 2018-07-04 08:04:29 Happy 4th of July!

by Ted Smith

2018-06-30: Updated: 2018-06-30 16:33:55 There Is Now An “Acting” Commissioner

by Ted Smith

2018-04-04: Updated: 2018-04-06 20:20:24 When is a Social Security Disability Application Considered Filed and Why is it Important?

by Ted Smith

2018-03-24: Updated: 2018-03-24 17:23:20 Rosa’s Law

by Ted Smith

2018-03-18: Updated: 2018-03-24 16:01:15 Is There A Commissioner of Social Security?

by Ted Smith

2018-03-17: Updated: 2018-03-17 15:57:47 Erin Go Bragh!

by Ted Smith

2018-02-20: Updated: 2018-02-20 20:00:24 By the Numbers. . . Allowances for Disability

by Ted Smith

2017-12-25: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:29:42 Merry Christmas!

by Ted Smith

2017-12-24: Updated: 2017-12-24 11:54:49 Sufficient and Consistent Medical Evidence are Keys in Social Security Disability Cases

by Ted Smith

2017-12-04: Updated: 2017-12-04 22:53:49 Eric Conn Captured In Honduras

by Ted Smith

2017-12-02: Updated: 2017-12-02 14:02:41 Appealing to the Federal District Court

by Ted Smith

2017-11-24: Updated: 2017-11-24 10:26:13 Does a Statement from A Family Doctor Writing “Disabled” Guarantee A Finding of Disability?

by Ted Smith

2017-11-23: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:29:50 Thanksgiving Day, 2017

by Ted Smith

2017-11-11: Updated: 2017-11-11 12:17:50 The 5 Business Day Evidence Rule

by Ted Smith

2017-11-11: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:30:00 Veterans, Thank you

by Ted Smith

2017-10-22: Updated: 2017-10-22 21:47:32 Adding New Evidence at the Appeals Council

by Ted Smith

2017-09-02: Updated: 2017-09-02 08:06:47 Service Dogs and Disability Claims

by Ted Smith

2017-07-21: Updated: 2017-07-21 21:54:25 Schemes to Defraud Social Security Beneficiaries

by Ted Smith

2017-06-30: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:03:37 Happy 4th of July America

by Ted Smith

2017-05-30: Updated: 2017-06-13 11:36:17 How are Social Security Administrative Law Judges Hired?

by Ted Smith

2017-05-28: Updated: 2017-06-13 11:31:12 Thank You To All Who Served

by Ted Smith

2017-05-06: Updated: 2017-06-13 11:09:15 How is Past Relevant Work Decided In a Social Security Disability Case?

by Ted Smith

2017-03-22: Updated: 2017-06-13 11:36:12 OMB Director May Go After S.S. Disability Beneficiaries

by Ted Smith

2017-03-12: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:30:19 Ice Bucket Challenge, ALS and New Bills in Congress

by Ted Smith

2016-11-25: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:29:01 U.S. Supreme Court Rule Changes Effective December 1, 2016

by Ted Smith

2016-11-24: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:04:09 Happy Thanksgiving 2016

by Ted Smith

2016-08-06: Updated: 2017-06-13 11:29:40 Following Prescribed Treatment. What does it mean?

by Ted Smith

2016-08-03: Updated: 2017-06-13 11:17:01 The Medical Bases for Disability Claims

by Ted Smith

2016-05-14: Updated: 2017-06-13 11:27:22 Social Security Disability and Journaling

by Ted Smith

2016-05-11: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:08:38 From the Appeals Council Denial to Federal District Court

by Ted Smith

2016-05-08: Updated: 2016-08-03 10:16:03 Expedited Case Consideration for Military Casualty and Wounded Warriors

by Ted Smith

2016-05-01: Updated: 2016-08-03 10:17:13 SSA Five Step Process – Too Sick To Work at Usual Job

by Ted Smith

2016-01-02: Updated: 2016-08-03 10:18:41 RECENT BUDGET ACT PREVENTS REDUCTION IN SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS

by Ted Smith

2015-11-14: Updated: 2015-11-14 11:27:02 SOLIDARITÉ!

by Ted Smith

2015-09-02: Updated: 2016-08-03 10:21:37 Many May Lose Food Stamps In Indiana

by Ted Smith

2015-05-24: Updated: 2016-08-03 10:22:52 Memorial Day 2015

by Ted Smith

2015-04-05: Updated: 2015-04-05 09:24:53 Hidradenitis Suppurative

by Ted Smith

2015-03-19: Updated: 2016-08-03 10:25:07 What is a vocational expert (VE) and why the heck is there one scheduled to testify at my hearing?

by Ted Smith

2015-02-07: Updated: 2016-08-03 10:26:22 Will Money Run Out For The Social Security Disability Trust Fund?

by Ted Smith

2014-10-05: Updated: 2015-01-07 12:27:10 The Problem with Weighing an Obesity Claim

by Ted Smith

2014-09-08: Updated: 2014-09-08 22:43:29 Denial by SSA of Good Cause for Late Filing Appealable to Court

by Ted Smith

2014-02-23: Updated: 2014-02-23 20:33:37 Social Security Announces Expedited Disability Claim Process for Veterans

by Ted Smith

2014-02-16: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:08:18 Migraines and Social Security Disability, Part 2

by Ted Smith

2014-01-27: Updated: 2014-12-31 19:33:42 Qualifying for Social Security Disability Benefits with a Gout Diagnosis

by Ted Smith

2014-01-15: Updated: 2014-01-15 07:30:44 Can I Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits for Stress?

by Ted Smith

2014-01-11: Updated: 2014-01-11 12:48:45 Applying for Social Security Disability with a Bipolar Diagnosis

by Ted Smith

2014-01-07: Updated: 2014-01-07 11:49:04 Hearing Office Closings for Tuesday, January 7, 2014

by Ted Smith

2013-12-23: Updated: 2013-12-23 09:53:38 Applying for Social Security Disability Benefits with a Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis

by Ted Smith

2013-12-13: Updated: 2013-12-13 18:14:02 Applying for Social Security Disability Payments for a Diabetes Diagnosis

by Ted Smith

2013-12-04: Updated: 2013-12-04 21:56:15 Obesity and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2013-11-28: Updated: 2013-11-28 00:58:45 Obtaining Disability Benefits for Respiratory Diseases and Disorders

by Ted Smith

2013-11-21: Updated: 2013-11-21 16:28:35 Disability for Cardiovascular System Diseases and Disorders

by Ted Smith

2013-11-09: Updated: 2013-11-09 18:58:48 What Disorders Qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits

by Ted Smith

2013-10-24: Updated: 2013-10-24 14:47:09 Disability Availability for Those Suffering from back Problems

by Ted Smith

2013-10-19: Updated: 2013-10-19 12:29:05 Qualifying for Disability with an Epilepsy Diagnosis

by Ted Smith

2013-10-11: Updated: 2013-10-11 15:40:33 Social Security Disability for Those Who Suffer from PTSD

by Ted Smith

2013-10-06: Updated: 2013-10-06 17:45:09 Down Syndrome and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2013-09-30: Updated: 2014-12-31 19:38:04 Availability of Social Security Disability for Those With Digestive Disorders

by Ted Smith

2013-09-29: Updated: 2013-09-29 12:30:37 Can An Applicant Qualify for Disability Benefits Based on Obesity?

by Ted Smith

2013-09-19: Updated: 2013-09-19 09:00:00 Disability Availability for Applicants Suffering from Diabetes

by Ted Smith

2013-09-06: Updated: 2020-10-02 18:40:03 Understanding Depression and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2013-09-01: Updated: 2017-08-15 11:17:02 Social Security Disability Benefits for Arthritis Sufferers

by Ted Smith

2013-08-31: Updated: 2019-12-29 12:55:45 Understanding Cystic Fibrosis & Social Security

by Ted Smith

2013-08-23: Updated: 2017-01-11 10:29:43 Thinking About Applying for Social Security? Here are Four Things To Prepare For…

by Ted Smith

2013-08-04: Updated: 2013-08-04 12:12:24 The Future of Social Security and Potential Solutions to Extend Its Life

by Ted Smith

2013-07-24: Updated: 2013-07-24 16:37:25 Social Security Disability Wait Times and First-Time Approval Rates

by Ted Smith

2013-07-16: Updated: 2013-07-16 10:40:58 An Introduction to Federal Disability Benefits, Continued…

by Ted Smith

2013-07-13: Updated: 2013-07-13 09:04:33 Back to the Basics: An Introduction to Federal Disability Benefits

by Ted Smith

2013-07-04: Updated: 2013-07-04 12:21:32 Availability of Disability Benefits for Mental Health Concerns

by Ted Smith

2013-07-03: Updated: 2013-07-03 22:54:29 Happy 4th of July!

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2013-06-27: Updated: 2013-06-27 14:53:00 Disability for Minor Children Under the Age of Eighteen

by Ted Smith

2013-06-19: Updated: 2019-12-29 12:56:03 Expanded Disability Eligibility? New Diagnostic Manual Broadens the Definition of Many Mental Illnesses

by Ted Smith

2013-06-11: Updated: 2013-06-11 21:39:52 Drugs and Alcohol Regulation Redux

by Ted Smith

2013-05-31: Updated: 2013-05-31 22:58:14 Federal Court Review of Failure to Prove “Good Cause” for late filing

by Ted Smith

2013-04-02: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:07:36 Behind the Curtain. . . Secret ALJ Policy Comes to an End

by Ted Smith

2013-03-30: Updated: 2019-12-29 12:56:08 Social Security Administration Did Not Meet Its Goal for Quicker Hearing Decisions

by Ted Smith

2013-01-03: Updated: 2013-01-03 18:03:30 Social Security Commissioner Announces New Compassionate Allowances Conditions

by Ted Smith

2013-01-02: Updated: 2013-01-02 15:00:00 ODAR Hearing Offices in Indiana Are Improving Processing Times

by Ted Smith

2013-01-01: Updated: 2013-01-01 21:54:12 Social Security Disability Changes for 2013

by Ted Smith

2012-11-24: Updated: 2014-12-31 19:39:14 Cost-of-Living Increase Means Higher Disability Payments for 2013

by Ted Smith

2012-11-16: Updated: 2012-11-16 14:54:46 New Office Hours for Social Security Admistration District Offices

by Ted Smith

2012-11-02: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:30:38 Fall Back

by Ted Smith

2012-08-31: Updated: 2012-08-31 16:13:32 SSA Disability and The Concept of Employability

by Ted Smith

2012-08-19: Updated: 2012-08-19 09:27:16 Why Its Important That We Have Have a Social Security Disability Program

by Ted Smith

2012-08-10: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:07:58 Failure to Follow Prescribed Treatment While on Disability

by Ted Smith

2012-07-30: Updated: 2012-07-30 09:14:42 Disability Benefits for Non-Citizens

by Ted Smith

2012-06-26: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:20:52 Autism and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2012-06-23: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:20:34 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

by Ted Smith

2012-06-05: Updated: 2012-06-05 14:41:49 Skin Disorders – Dermatitis

by Ted Smith

2012-05-23: Updated: 2012-05-23 09:41:27 Statutory Blindness

by Ted Smith

2012-05-17: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:20:13 What if your Social Security Disability claim is denied?

by Ted Smith

2012-04-30: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:19:49 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

by Ted Smith

2012-04-16: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:19:28 Testing for Disability—Exercise Tests

by Ted Smith

2012-04-10: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:18:08 The Mental Health Disability Series – Organic Medical Disorders

by Ted Smith

2012-04-03: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:17:44 Social Security Disability – Lupus and other Autoimmune disorders

by Ted Smith

2012-02-26: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:17:22 ANEMIA

by Ted Smith

2011-12-02: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:17:06 Obesity, Respiratory Illnesses and Social Security Disabilty Benefits

by Ted Smith

2011-12-01: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:16:46 3.6 % Increase in Social Security Beneifts To Occur Soon

by Ted Smith

2011-10-20: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:16:21 Migraines and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2011-10-19: Updated: 2011-10-19 20:29:32 Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2011-07-28: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:15:49 SSA Changes Rules for Filing A Subsequent Application

by Ted Smith

2011-07-02: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:15:20 Indiana Has New No Text Law

by Ted Smith

2011-06-14: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:14:32 Death of a Disability Claimant

by Ted Smith

2011-06-09: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:10:43 When Is Best Time To File for Social Security Disability Benefits?

by Ted Smith

2011-06-08: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:09:59 Multiple Sclerosis, Fatigue and SSA

by Ted Smith

2011-06-07: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:09:20 Indiana Supreme Court Creates Resolves Confusion in Sport Cases

by Ted Smith

2011-06-06: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:08:42 SSA Removes Diabetes Mellitus From Listings of Impairments

by Ted Smith

2011-06-05: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:07:45 Video Hearings

by Ted Smith

2011-06-04: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:05:02 2010 Allowance Rates for Indiana

by Ted Smith

2011-06-02: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:03:01 The GAF Scale and Social Security Disability Claims

by Ted Smith

2011-06-01: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:00:56 Narcolepsy and Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2011-04-23: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:01:39 Information About Private Pension Benefits

by Ted Smith

2011-04-08: Updated: 2015-01-09 17:00:47 Social Security and Possible Government Shutdown

by Ted Smith

2011-01-01: Updated: 2011-01-01 19:30:00 Irritable Bowel Syndrome vs Inflammatory Bowel Disease

by Ted Smith

2010-11-02: Updated: 2010-11-02 08:01:00 30 Day Moratorium on Direct Mail to Accident Victims

by Ted Smith

2010-11-01: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:28:35 Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Time Honored Principle

by Ted Smith

2010-10-23: Updated: 2010-10-23 10:46:29 Treatments Used to Relieve Pain

by Ted Smith

2010-10-18: Updated: 2010-10-18 21:17:47 Pain as a Basis for Disability

by Ted Smith

2010-10-17: Updated: 2010-10-17 10:44:20 The Mental Health Disability Series-Anxiety

by Ted Smith

2010-06-18: Updated: 2010-06-18 14:15:17 Dept of Treasury Issues Proposed Rule to Make all Payments Electronic

by Ted Smith

2010-05-03: Updated: 2010-05-03 08:13:56 The Mental Health Disability Series-Depression

by Ted Smith

2010-05-01: Updated: 2010-05-01 16:51:20 Introducing New Social Security Disability Series-The Mental Health Disability Series

by Ted Smith

2010-03-17: Updated: 2010-03-17 08:10:20 Drugs, Alcohol and Disability

by Ted Smith

2010-02-21: Updated: 2015-01-07 13:02:03 Indiana Court Determines That Attorney Fees Are Recoverable in Wrongful Death Cases

by Ted Smith

2010-02-13: Updated: 2015-01-07 12:42:55 Indiana Court Expands No Duty Doctrine In Sporting Events

by Ted Smith

2010-02-03: Updated: 2015-01-07 12:47:07 SSA Proposes to Eliminate Endocrine Listings

by Ted Smith

2010-02-02: Updated: 2015-01-07 12:44:58 When is a “Child” a “Child” for Wrongful Death?

by Ted Smith

2010-01-30: Updated: 2010-01-30 15:28:44 Supreme Court Extends Immunity for Losses Caused By Temporary Weather

by Ted Smith

2010-01-26: Updated: 2010-01-26 22:07:37 Fibromyalgia as a Basis for Social Security Disability

by Ted Smith

2010-01-20: Updated: 2010-01-20 20:14:20 Presumption of Undue Influence Does Not Apply

by Ted Smith

2010-01-19: Updated: 2010-01-19 10:13:33 New Judge After Remand in Social Security Disabilty Case?

by Ted Smith

2010-01-18: Updated: 2010-01-18 14:40:49 The Benefits of Journaling for Your Disability Case

by Ted Smith

2010-01-17: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:00:35 What is a Video Hearing in Social Security Disability Case?

by Ted Smith

2010-01-16: Updated: 2010-01-16 10:50:36 Disability Hearing Backlog is Improving

by Ted Smith

2009-04-16: Updated: 2009-04-16 09:44:35 Indiana’s Hearing Offices Rank in the Bottom Third for Processing Time

by Ted Smith

2009-02-25: Updated: 2009-02-25 22:05:14 Social Security Compassionate Allowances Means Quick Determinations in Some Cases

by Ted Smith

2009-02-24: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:01:17 Law of the Case Doctrine Applies in Social Security Disability Cases

by Ted Smith

2009-02-03: Updated: 2009-02-03 08:25:02 Is There a 12 Month Wait To File SS Disability Claim?

by Ted Smith

2007-07-18: Updated: 2018-04-06 15:01:49 Diminishment Statutes For Injury Cases

by Ted Smith

2007-05-04: Updated: 2007-05-04 21:08:11 Fibromyalgia Often Misunderstood

by Ted Smith

2007-04-14: Updated: 2007-04-14 11:26:48 Defense Attorney’s Arguments Constitute Misconduct

by Ted Smith

2007-04-01: Updated: 2007-04-01 22:10:12 Third Party Spoliation Claims Still Alive Despite Recent Case

by Ted Smith

2007-03-18: Updated: 2007-03-18 22:39:41 Social Security Disability and Fibromyalgia

by Ted Smith

2007-03-18: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:55:57 Things to Do After an Accident

by Ted Smith

2007-03-18: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:56:06 Protect Yourself Before An Accident

by Ted Smith

2007-03-18: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:56:15 Accident Which Causes Injury or Death

by Ted Smith

2007-03-18: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:56:24 Accident with an Unattended Vehicle

by Ted Smith

2007-03-18: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:56:33 Property Damage Other Than Vehicle

by Ted Smith

2007-03-17: Updated: 2018-04-06 14:56:41 Vehicle Property Damage

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