Defending And Empowering The Disabled Since 1993
In Georgia, a worker with an injury or illness that will keep them out of work for a year or more can look to Social Security Disability Insurance for financial assistance. This federal program is funded by the U.S. workforce. However, a burgeoning backlog is...
In 2007, before the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense rolled out their Integrated Disability Evaluation System, the average amount of time it took for a veteran's benefit application to be processed was well over a year -- 540 days. Thanks...
Readers may be surprised to learn that American workers have a 33 percent chance of suffering death or some form of disability before they are able to retire. Unfortunately, many workers have neither the savings nor the private disability insurance that would help...
A broken bone, amputation, or spinal injury can be devastating. A person who suffers such an injurymay be unable to work, making it difficult to pay bills and make ends meet. If a bone-related injury prevents a person from working for at least a year, it may qualify...
It is an unfortunate fact that all across Atlanta individuals suffer from diseases and disorders that no one else can see. While a physical condition such as paralysis may be witnessed by another person, medical issues such as bipolar disorder or depression may lay...
