In order to qualify for Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI) or Supplemental Social Security Income (SSI), you must prove you are physically or mentally impaired and unable to work. Your proof must comply with the stringent requirements of the Social Security Administration (SSA). Albany Attorney Paul Giannetti is well-versed in the SSA requirements for proving […]

There are two types of Social Security disability programs that provide disabled individuals cash benefits. In many ways, they look very similar, but they are not. There are several significant difference, especially regarding the financial eligibility requirements. Social Security Disability Income and Supplemental Security Income are both managed and overseen by the Social Security Administration. […]

Survivor benefits are monies paid by the U.S. Social Security Administration to individuals who have suffered the death of a family member. Those eligible to receive survivor benefits include widowers, widows, divorced widowers and widows, dependent parents and children under 19 years of age. Amount of survivor benefits paid to eligible recipients is based on […]

When you have a child who is born with a disability or your child becomes ill with a disease that is expected to last for 12 months or more or end in their death, it may be possible to collect social security disability payments on behalf of the child. In order to qualify, the child […]

When you are losing time from work because of a disability, you are probably concerned about your family’s well-being. However, there is no such thing as short-term social security disability payments, these payments kick in only if you are expected to be disabled for a period of 12 months or more or if you suffer […]