A federal administrative law judge signed a letter this week ruling that Adrianne Gunter’s multiple sclerosis has left her too sick to work, qualifying her…
Even after WINNING a claim, there are unconscionable delays in the Social Security system. Laurie Mickelberg, 49, is dying of cancer and needs Social Security…
Social Security (SSA) has experienced a chronic and growing hearing backlog, and increased case processing times in recent years. This causes people to wait longer…
Today’s Washington Post reports on the deluge of applications for disability: “Laid-off workers and aging baby boomers are flooding Social Security’s disability program with benefit…
The Social Security system remains backlogged and although there is some improvement at the hearing level, one can question whether this is just because more…
There have been vast increases in pending cases across the country. This chart, courtesy of NOSSCR, details the initial and reconsideration pending cases by state.…
A nationwide surge in Social Security disability claims has hit Michigan disproportionately hard. The flood has caused a case logjam at the state’s five Social…