The new law grants patients with ALS and their families immediate access to the Social Security disability insurance benefits they have earned. WASHINGTON, DC, USA – On December 22, Arkansas US Senator Tom Cotton and Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse issued a press release applauding the enactment of the ALS …
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Standards differ between federal disability and social security benefits
Although no one likes to think about the prospect of becoming disabled, it is important to understand disability coverage under public service pension programs as well as under the Social Security program, which is particularly interesting. for people under the FERS system, but also interesting for many under CSRS. Civil …
Read More »VA Disability Benefits: Process of Identifying Suspected Service-Related Conditions and Challenges in Processing Complex Gulf War Claims
What GAO found The GAO reported on the use of research by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to identify and add new diseases to its list of suspected conditions for both Gulf War disease and Agent Orange. , a tactical herbicide widely used during the Vietnam era. VA has …
Read More »T-Mobile sued for denying employee disability insurance coverage
A Philadelphia woman sued her employer, T-Mobile, USA, Inc., for denying her claim for disability insurance benefits under the Employees’ Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The Complaint of November 30 asserts that the complainant was entitled to benefits despite T-Mobile’s repeated denials of her claims. The complaint also …
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