Category: Social Security Disability Insurance
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Why Your Disability Started on Three Different Dates
If you get into a severe car accident, pinpointing the exact date your disability began is easy. The same is usually true if you have a scheduled surgery or a definitive first day of chemotherapy. But what if you are suffering from severe depression? Or what if you have chronic back pain that has slowly,…
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The 52-Week Cliff: Why This California Disability Insurance Attorney Is Already Looking at Your ERISA Benefits
People often come to me exactly when their world falls apart. They are transitioning from working full-time to suddenly being unable to work at all. Their immediate focus—and my immediate job—is to secure their California State Disability Insurance (SDI) to keep the lights on today. But while we are putting out the fire right in…
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Today Is Your Last Day of Work
A story about FMLA, disability benefits and when to stop working.
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Surviving the Cambodian Genocide: An immigrant’s Story of Hope & Redemption
“The soldiers clubbed my little brother to death.” she whispered to me in Mandarin. “They didn’t shoot him because they didn’t want to waste a bullet. He was too little to work, worthless to their revolution.”