The Social Security Administration (SSA) has revised its listing for asthma (3.03), effective October 7, 2016. If you meet a listing, provided you do not have a job, you will be considered disabled without regard to your age, education or work history. The new listing includes criteria that are based upon displaying a forced expiration …
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has revised its neurological listings, effective Sept. 29, 2016. The listing for Epilepsy has been significantly reorganized. The current listing distinguishes between convulsive epilepsy (grand mal or psychomotor) and nonconvulsive epilepsy (petit mal, psychomotor, or focal). Under the current listing, if convulsive epileptic seizures occur monthly, in spite of three …
We’re pleased to announce that on February 20, 2015, Don Pilzer was recognized by the National Board of Trial Advocacy for his expertise in Social Security Disability Law. This culminated a rigorous selection process, which involved a day of testing; the submission of numerous U.S. District Court briefs; and the review of references from judges, …
The Social Security disability system has a very strict definition of disability. Social Security demands that applicants prove, with objective medical evidence, that their medical conditions prevent the performance of any gainful work on a fulltime basis. For example, a truck driver who is found medically unable to drive his rig may not be disabled …
