May is Disability Awareness Month. Short and Long Term Disability benefits play a role in helping protect employees from financial disaster. However, employees should understand the elements of Short or Long Term Disability benefits before they agree to payroll deduction. Every Short or Long Term Disability policy holder needs to research the policy being offered […]

In 2003, one of the most significant changes to the workers’ compensations statute, allows employer/carrier’s to file a claim for costs if the employer/carrier prevails in a workers’ compensation claim. In Orange County vs. Nue, (45 Florida Law Weekly d1431 (June 25, 2010)) fire fighter Nue was sued by Orange County Fire and Rescue asking

If you have complex regional pain syndrome (CPRS), your claim for Social Security disability benefits might have been denied for lack of objective evidence of your disability. A groundbreaking study by scientists at Northwestern University School of Medicine has found scientific evidence that chronic pain from complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) causes a re-wiring of

Are you losing money because you have not filed for benefits or failed to appeal a denial of your claim for benefits? Don’t make a move until you READ this SPECIAL BULLETIN on the Social Security Disability claims process!! © The Law Offices of Nancy L. Cavey, April, 2007, Attorneys at Law, Phone: 727-477-3263 Thank

You should be very careful about working when you’re on Social Security Disability benefits. You must report your work activity to the Social Security Administration, and I would suggest that you do it in writing. Remember that there is a limit to how much you can earn and not lose your Social Security Disability benefits.

I get asked ” Do I need a social security lawyer to help me get my Social Security Disability benefits?” It depends on where you are at in the claims application process. The initial application is pretty easy to file, but there are mistakes that you can make in the initial application process. These mistakes

Just because your doctor says your are disabled or you can’t hold a job because of your disability, doesn’t mean you are automatically entitled to Social Security Disability benefits! How do you qualify for benefits? The Social Security Act defines disability for adults as “the inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason

Social Security Disability Mythology: Separating the True from the False Every single disability application is denied the first time. While it is true that the majority of applications are denied the first time (the number is around 70%,) there are no rules or regulations that state that all claims have to be initially denied and

Parents with children who are mentally disabled have a great deal to contend with, and money is unfortunately at the top of the list. Raising a mentally disabled child normally brings with it trips to doctors, educational specialists, and counselors. Although there are a fortunate few who have the financial means to support a child