You’ve been through test after test. You’ve told your story a hundred times — to doctors, to caseworkers, to friends who try to understand. You know you can’t work like you used to. And now, you’re finally taking the step to apply for Social Security Disability benefits.

But as you begin […]

You know your body better than anyone.
You know when something’s not right.

Maybe it started with a sharp pain in your lower back that made getting out of bed feel like lifting a mountain. Or maybe your hands began to tremble just enough to make signing your name feel like a […]

If you are approved for a Social Security disability benefit you will eventually get on Medicare — if the disability benefit is based upon someone’s earnings record. To explain, the biggest type of Social Security benefit is the one based upon your own earnings but there are also Disabled Widows […]

Most attorneys don’t try to represent Social Security disability claimants. That’s a good thing. It’s a very specialized practice. You have to know the Social Security Act inside and out which is difficult. The Social Security Act is a little like the Internal Revenue Code. Did you realize that there […]

The word “disability” means different things at Social Security and at VA. The simplest way of describing one important difference is that Social Security is very much focused on whether the claimant can work while the VA is very much focused simply on how impaired the claimant is. A person […]

Social Security benefits, including disability benefits, are the same in N.C. as elsewhere in the country. Except, that Social Security is staffed with flesh and blood people, not robots. Knowing these flesh and blood people matters. No, it doesn’t get you special favors but it does help protect you from […]