Law Office of Alison G. Bosch, PLLC

05/08/2024

HUGE SSA NEWS for people with a disability claim!

SSA has finally acknowledged that it is absurd and unrealistic to hold that work experience a person had 15 years ago is relevant to them being able to instantly return to such a job today. Moving forward, SSA will only consider jobs that a person has held in the last 5 years to be "Prior Relevant Work" when evaluating whether or not their health limitations now prevent them from returning to such past work or sustaining Substantial Gainful Activity in some easier kind of work.

This change does not mean everyone will suddenly be approved for disability-- but it DOES mean that people in certain older age categories with certain types of more exertional work history will have a MUCH better chance of meeting special rules that can be the difference between approval and denial! So this is AWESOME NEWS for claimants/clients!!!

We are finalizing our proposed regulation to revise the time period that we consider when determining whether an individual's past work is relevant for the purposes of making disability determinations and decisions. We are revising the definition of past relevant work (PRW) by reducing the...

05/02/2024

While this is NOT an SSA officially recognized diagnostic tool... it helps a lot of people experiencing "invisible" chronic illness communicate what they are trying to live & function with.... Maybe it can be useful in your life? Welcome to "The Spoon Theory!"

*Disclaimer*- This awesome article is part of a marketing post for an attorney locator service--I have nothing to do with that, I just wanted to share the good info about Spoon Theory! 😁-Alison

Spoon Theory tells others how an invisible impairment (i.e., chronic pain) limits your ability to work, which may help you get disability.

03/13/2024

The Biden-Harris Administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Following historic progress made since the President took office—with nearly 15 million jobs created and…

01/19/2024

In case you were wondering what could possibly be the reason...

https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/info-2024/disability-claim-wait-times.html?fbclid=IwAR0B_sDa2NezvuTflfYKOqpQW7NUqbfXsjbPLBFiqUI46RSNzNUURIXzJ9s

Customer-service crisis leaves applicants in limbo

12/22/2023

Hey, Ladies..... FYI:

This page is the portal for the women website. It contains a summary of SSA's benefits and services as well as other activities that SSA does in support of women.

12/18/2023

Well... we shall see how much improvement is truly made, but this is encouraging! 👍👍👍

December marks the anniversary of the signing of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act. Important changes are coming to ABLE programs across the country. These programs are life-changing…

11/09/2023

https://www.forbes.com/sites/dianewiniarski/2023/11/07/social-security-authorized-providers-unlock-benefits-of-ticket-to-work-for-us-workers/

More than 159 million U.S. workers are covered by this combined disability insurance (SSDI) and return to work (TTW) benefit.

03/09/2023

This "in kind income" policy that so negatively affects SSI recipients *might* be getting some changes!

Possible change to Social Security disability ben…:

Social Security is looking to make a change to a program that could remove rules on what factors to reduce the amount in monthly payments. Zoie Henry reports.

01/27/2023

Every little bit helps.....💗

01/27/2023

Every little bit helps.....💗

A 24-year-old Austin nonprofit serving the city’s unhoused community has announced an expansion of a master-planned neighborhood designed for individuals coming out of chronic homelessness.