Aaron Rifkind

Drug Addiction and Alcoholism and Your Disability Claim

In order to be adjudicated as disabled before a Social Security Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), an attorney or claimants representative must follow and complete what is called the five step Social Security disability evaluation process. The evaluation pro... Read >

Look For Healthy People 2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a disturbing report analyzing the significant increase in the number of people with disabilities in the United States. In that report, the CDC found that nearly one in five adults repo... Read >

Medical Records and Your Social Security Disability Claim

Medical records play an extremely vital role in an individual's Social Security disability claim. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will do everything they can to discover whether a claimant has any medical conditions that prevent him or her from p... Read >

Residual Functional Capacity And Your Disability Claim

In order to be adjudicated as disabled before a Social Security Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), an attorney or claimants representative must follow and complete what is called the five step Social Security disability evaluation process. The evaluation pro... Read >

How Does the Social Security Administration Determine Whether Someone With Autism Is Disabled?

Autism is a severe developmental disorder affecting both social interaction and communication and usually begins at birth or within the first two and a half years of life. In its early stages, autism shares many of the same behaviors as Pervasive Developm... Read >

Lupus and Social Security Disability

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), commonly referred to as lupus, is a chronic autoimmune connective tissue disease that can perturb any part of the body. The disease is often irregular, alternating between periods of illness and remission and can be unp... Read >

How Does the Social Security Administration Determine If Someone Is Blind?

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a very structured method of determining whether someone is disabled. SSA will find an individual disabled if he or she meets the five step Social Security disability evaluation process. The five step Social Sec... Read >

Review Your Social Security Statement

"Social Security is going to run out in the next twenty years." "Social Security is the biggest ponzi scheme ever created." "Social Security is something no one needs to think about since it doesn't really affect us." Chances are, most of you have he... Read >

How Does the Social Security Administration Determine If Someone Is Disabled?

Webster's definition of disabled is someone who is incapacitated by either illness or injury. Due to the vagueness of Webster's definition of disabled and others like it, most people applying for Social Security disability benefits believe that they have... Read >

Improve Your Social Security Disability Application

One of the most frequently asked Social Security disability questions is how to speed up the application process. The application process for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is long and tedious and can ta... Read >

Don't Forget Your Ticket to Work

Thousands of Americans are deemed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to be disabled every year and accordingly receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI), or both. The misconception among the many w... Read >