The greatest myth I hear about disability is that “all these people out here are getting disability who don't deserve it!” Disability has a stigma within the general public that people receiving disability are actually capable of working. Every time that I hear this statement I have the same response. “If you know, and have proof, that someone on disability is capable of full time work, report them.” As a taxpayer, I do not want to pay for people to be on disability if th

"The other driver hit me, but their insurance company will not pay. What can I do?" More and more, I am seeing cases where the insurance companies are denying a claim, or taking more than a month (sometimes a lot more) to determine if they will accept liability for a claim. This can be for a number of reasons, but they fall into a few straightforward categories. 1) The other driver failed to pay their insurance and let it lapse. If an insurance company is telling you tha

As many know, Social Security Disability claims can take years to resolve. Often these people have medical doctors telling them to file for disability and even documenting in the medical files that people are not able to work. So why do these people get denied? Below are the top five reasons claims, that will ultimately be approved, are denied at the initial level and the reconsideration level. 1) The Number 1 reason people get denied is medical doctors not underst