Monthly Archives: December 2015

Many older workers who can still do light duty work are still entitled to Social Security Disability Benefits. If you are over 62 and disabled it is wise to take your early retirement benefits and file for Social Security Disability. The two will offset eventually and you will get on disability until your full retirement […]

We recently won a case where our client had only a few hundred dollars of earnings during the time that she had claimed disability. These earnings can be problematic since nobody at the DDS, or state level will send a claimant a request to explain such earnings and the consequence is that benefits are simply […]

  If a railroader has children that are disabled, these children may be covered by the RRB if disabled. For Example, if a person who is under the age of 18 is disabled, that person would normally be entitled to SSI or Supplemental Security Income benefits. However, when that person turns 18 and is disabled, […]

                   PHYSICAL RESIDUAL FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY QUESTIONNAIRE      RE:     Patient: _________________________________________________          SS#: ___________________________________________________   Please answer the following concerning your patient’s impairments and any reasonable restrictions. Frequency and length of contact: __________________________________________________________ Diagnoses: __________________________________ _____________________________________ ___________________________________ ________________________________ Prognosis: _________________________________________________________________________ List your patient’s symptoms, including pain, dizziness, fatigue, etc.:   ___________________________________________________________________ Identify clinical findings and objective signs: […]