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	<description>Published by Geri Kahn, San Francisco Bay Area Social Security Disability Attorney</description>
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		<title>It is no fun being disabled</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2010/01/24/it-is-no-fun-being-disabled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Security disability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps due to California&#8217;s budget problems, it seems that the disabled are an easy target.  I have received comments on my blog accusing the disabled of being freeloaders.  There is similar talk on the street; something akin to that it is easy being disabled and collecting a government check.  I understand that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=633&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are survivors divorced spouse&#8217;s benefits retroactive?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:31:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Survivors Social Security benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retroactive disabilty benefits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSA Handboodk Section 1513]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My new motto is to file early and often.  It can be detrimental to wait and file for Social Security disability benefits.  Perhaps I am being silly by saying &#8220;early and often, &#8221; but the point is to file as soon as you can.
I recently saw someone at my law office with a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=612&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. District court orders SSA to provide correspondence in alternative formats for the blind or visually impaired</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/11/07/u-s-district-court-orders-ssa-to-provide-correspondence-in-alternative-formats-for-the-blind-or-visually-impaired/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blindness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Security cases in district court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security disability hearings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As reported on the NOSSCR (National Organization of Social Security Claimants&#8217; Representatives) website, &#8220;a federal judge in the northern California district has ruled that SSA violated Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, and its implementing regulations, by failing to provide “meaningful access” for SSA programs to all blind and visually impaired individuals. American Council of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=579&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California reduces SSI payment again in October 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California SSI monthly payment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SSI reduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As those of you already on SSI already know, your SSI monthly amount was reduced in October 2009.  The California state legislature has made a series of budget cuts to the state supplement over the past year:

January 2009, the maximum grant was $907 for a single person and $1579 for couples;
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		<title>SSA to soon grant attorneys access to claimants&#8217; electronic hearing folders</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/10/18/ssa-to-soon-grant-attorneys-access-to-claimants-electronic-hearing-folders/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ODAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security disability hearings]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/?p=559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most interesting presentations I attended at the NOSSCR (National Organization of Social Security Claimants&#8217; Representatives) conference in San Francisco was a presentation by  SSA (Social Security Administration) personnel on a new program which will allow authorized representatives to have online access to electronic hearing folders.  Essentially the SSA understands that the more [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=559&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ten tips for winning your Social Security Disability case in federal court</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/10/14/ten-tips-for-winning-your-social-security-disability-case-in-federal-court/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Appeal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security Disability Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am currently attending the NOSSCR (National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives&#8217;) conference in San Francisco.  I am going to write posts this week highlighting some of presentations I go to at the conference.  Today I went to a presentation on &#8220;Judicial Review of a Social Security Disability Claim.&#8221;  The presenters were:

The Honorable Edmund [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=549&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How can I prove I am disabled if I cannot get treatment because I can&#8217;t afford it?</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/09/23/how-can-i-prove-i-am-disabled-if-i-cannot-get-treatment-because-i-cant-afford-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security disability hearings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa county]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the difficulties indigent claimants face is proving that they are disabled when they have not sought out medical treatment.  It is a vicious circle.  They would have sought treatment if they could have afforded health insurance but because they could not afford health insurance, they did not go to the doctor.  They are  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=544&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It helps to be local</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/09/14/it-helps-to-be-local/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social Security Disability Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My client has not received her retroactive payment.  I have been trying to reach a representative at the Social Security office in San Francisco.  ( I will not state which one so that I do not embarrass anyone there.)   I kept calling the general number but they did not answer their phones.  My client [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=537&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Average waiting times for hearings at ODAR offices in San Francisco Bay Area</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/09/12/average-waiting-times-for-hearings-at-odar-offices-in-san-francisco-bay-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most recent (June 2009) set of  statistics listing processing times at the San Francisco Bay Area Offices of Disability Adjudication and Review (&#8220;ODAR&#8221;)  does not look good.  The best way to view them though is that although they are not good, they could be worse compared to other ODAR offices around the nation.  Here [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=529&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Administration to partner with Microsoft in gathering health information</title>
		<link>http://californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com/2009/09/06/osocial-security-administration-to-partner-with-microsoft-in-gathering-health-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri Kahn</dc:creator>
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One of the most important tasks that I have as a lawyer in preparing a Social Security disability case is gathering a client&#8217;s list of doctors and medications.  This information is essential because I order all records from the contact information my client provides to me.  The Social Security Administration  (&#8220;SSA&#8221;) tries to do the same [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=californiasocialsecuritylawyerblog.com&blog=4467256&post=515&subd=tovah45&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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