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What Can Increase a Disability Check?
Learn what affects the amount of monthly disability benefits.
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Can I Work While Waiting for My Disability Decision?
Am I supposed to be working when I apply for benefits? If not, how long do I have to be off work?
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Can I Get Disability for Poor Eyesight?
I've heard I’m considered partially blind. Would I qualify for disability? How would I go about filling out the paper work?
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How Long Does It Take to Get a Decision After a Disability Hearing?
Find out the estimated waiting period for a decision from an ALJ after a Social Security Disability hearing.
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What Are the Rules for Working After You’re Approved for SSDI or SSI?
What if I make less than the trial work amount for SSDI? Can I work part time while receiving SSI?
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Can My Employer Fire Me If I Can't Work Overtime Due to a Disability?
He told me I couldn’t come back to work until my work restrictions were removed. Is this legal?
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Can I Collect SSDI and Short-Term Disability at the Same Time?
Will I be entitled to keep benefits for months in which I received payments from both programs? Or would I have to return a portion of the SSDI back payment?
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Will Continuing to Live With My Ex-Husband Affect my SSI?
Can the SSA use his income toward my case?
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Why Can't I Get Medicare Two Years After My Disability Onset Date?
I thought the two-year waiting period for Medicare started at the disability onset date, and not after you’ve received 24 payments?
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Does someone on Social Security disability get free Medicare?
Is Medicare free for disability recipients, or will I have to pay premiums? If so, how much?
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When a Family Member Stops Getting Social Security, Do Others' Benefits Change?
What happens to that money? Also, if anything happens to my wife or stepdaughter (say a divorce or custody change), what happens then?
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When Can Widows Get Social Security Disability Benefits?
I can’t even walk up a flight of stairs without getting out of breath and having aches and pains. Can I get disability benefits?
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Can I get long-term disability insurance benefits if my employer fired me and ended my policy?
Does this mean the insurance company can deny me LTD benefits?
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If my doctor says I can't work, doesn't that imply I have functional restrictions?
Shouldn't the off-work order be enough?
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Will I lose disability benefits if I receive compensation benefits?
It's important to know what type of disability benefits you’re receiving, and what type of compensation benefits you might get soon.
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Can a Child of a Veteran With No Parental Rights Get VA Benefits?
Can I still get benefits for Vietnam vets' children, like Agent Orange-affected benefits? How difficult would it be to do this?