Remembering Robin Williams—and His Struggles With Mental Illness | New Republic.
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Many people in Illinois now have mental health treatment available through the Illinois Department of Public Aid Medical Card.
Social Security Disability
Social Security benefits can be garnished – San Antonio Express-News
Social Security benefits can be garnished – San Antonio Express-News.
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Very limited situations under which Social Security Disability benefits may be subject to collection efforts. You must make sure your disability benefits are not commingled with other money or you will lose protections available pursuant to the law.
Veterans Who Apply for Social Security Disabled-Worker Benefits After Receiving a Department of Veterans Affairs Rating of “Total Disability” for Service-Connected Impairments: Characteristics and Outcomes
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I have seen these type of cases where the VA has determined that the veteran is 100% disabled yet the Social Security judge disagrees.
Social Security Disability has different rules than the VA program.
Back Problems and Social Security Disability
Back injuries, illnesses, and conditions are a leading reason that people are found eligible for Social Security Disability.
Diseases such as arthritis, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis, and spinal arachnoiditis may attack the spine and cause severe pain and interfere with walking.
Of course, disc herniations, spinal canal narrowing, and traumatic injuries to the back may result in the need for disc surgeries, implants or fusions.
It is important that you be able to show objective evidence of these conditions through MRIs, CAT scan, Xrays, operative reports or other diagnostic tests.
Many Judges give a claimant seeking disability payments the benefit of the doubt if they have had several back surgeries with poor results.
Ongoing pain treatment is also a sign that you are having chronic problems.
This may include seeing a pain management doctor, taking strong pain medications, wearing a pain stimulator, or having nerves burned.
Prescriptions for a brace, cane or walker also show that you are having mobility problems.
You will also need to testify to consistent problems with pain and side effects from medications interfering with concentration and staying on task.
If you are under 50 years of age and can perform any job, then you are not disabled according to Social Security Disability rules. This means that you must convince the Judge that your back pain interferes with your walking, movement, posture and concentration to the extent that you will not be able to meet attendance or productivity standards.
If you are over 50 years of age and are limited to a sit down job, then you will often have a good chance of winning disability. For people who have performed a sit down job in the past 15 years you must still prove that you cannot do your past work.
Questions about your disability case? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May with Williams and Swee at 309-827-4371.
McLean County, Chestnut eyeing partnership
McLean County, Chestnut eyeing partnership.
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Chestnut will accept the medical card and provides regular healthcare and mental health services. This is an important place for people who are seeking Social Security Disability to get medical treatment if you have a medical card.