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Social Security Disability

If Someone Dies Does a Spouse Get Their SSDI Benefits?

People who qualify for SSDI are often not in the best financial circumstances. On top of that, you have mounting medical bills to contend with, transportation expenses, and growing prescription costs. When someone on SSDI dies, many of those expenses, especially the debts, do not just go away. If someone dies, does a spouse get… Read more

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Social Security Disability, Veteran's Disability

What Are the Symptoms of PTSD?

PTSD is a difficult disorder to understand. For years, it was misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and often ignored by the medical community, the government, and even many of the people who had it. Though things are a lot better now than they once were, the symptoms of PTSD are still wide and varied, which can be especially… Read more

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Social Security Disability

Does Being on Disability Affect Your Credit?

The decision to go on Social Security Disability Insurance or SSDI should never be taken lightly. It affects your ability to work, affects your finances, and affects what programs you might qualify for. Does being on disability affect your credit too? Tabak Law is here with the answers you need.  Will Going on SSDI Make… Read more

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Social Security Disability

What Disabilities Are Hard to Prove for SSDI?

Social Security Disability Insurance or SSDI is a necessary government program for a lot of people. Unfortunately, a lot of those people run into difficulty when they try to get approved for those benefits. What disabilities are hard to prove for SSDI? It turns out mental health disabilities are the hardest to prove and get… Read more

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Social Security Disability

Does it Get Easier to be Approved for SSDI the Older You Get?

Anyone who has ever sought out Social Security Disability Insurance benefits or SSDI has held out hope that there was an easier way. It can be a long and arduous process, but does it get easier to be approved for SSDI the older you get? Tabak Law did some digging and found some answers for… Read more

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Social Security Disability

What Not to Say When Applying for SSDI?

Applying for SSDI is hard. It is a long and difficult process that can result in a lot of stress, a lot of paperwork, and perhaps some things that you shouldn’t have said. Tabak is here to help with our list of what not to say when applying for SSDI. Keep reading to learn about… Read more

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Social Security Disability

Official SSDI Cost-of-Living Adjustment Increase for 2024

The time for speculation is over, the SSA has officially announced the cost-of-living adjustment or COLA for 2024. Let’s explore how much your SSDI is going up, when it will go up, and what precipitated this change in greater detail. What is the 2024 SSDI Increase? The official percent increase is about where we expected… Read more

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Social Security Disability

Differences in SSDI For Blind People

Social Security Disability Insurance or SSDI is a complicated Social Security program. For the most part, if you are considered disabled, all people are treated equally by the program based on their individual work history. However, there is a difference in SSDI for blind people. Tabak Law will not only cover that difference, but we… Read more

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Social Security Disability

Do You Have to Have a Permanent Disability to Get SSDI?

Are you facing a condition or an illness that is preventing you from working? If your symptoms are expected to improve eventually but you are unable to work now, then you may be wondering about SSDI. Do you have to have a permanent disability to get SSDI? Tabak Law has experience with hundreds of SSDI… Read more

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