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		<title>Social Security Announces 3.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social Security Announces 3.6 Percent Benefit Increase for 2012 Cost-of-Living Adjustment is First Since 2009 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 60 million Americans will increase 3.6 percent in 2012, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits that nearly 55 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Security Direct Deposit Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new video public service announcement, George Takei and Patty Duke are helping Social Security get the word out that the best way to get your benefit payment is to “Go Direct.”]]></description>
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		<title>From the AP:  Social Security Disability on Verge of Insolvency</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Published: Aug 21, 2011 FILE &#8211; In this Nov. 15, 2010, file photo Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue responds to questions at a hearing in Akron, Ohio. A Senate oversight committee told Astrue the agency hasn&#8217;t done enough to trim its disability claims backlog. Applications are up nearly 50 percent over a decade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals Council Review v. Filing a New Application:  A change for the worse</title>
		<link>http://www.indianasocialsecuritydisability.com/2011/08/appeals-council-review-v-filing-a-new-application-a-change-for-the-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 13:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration (&#8220;SSA&#8221;) recently announced that it is changing its rules regarding the submission of a new application for benefits while concurrently filing an appeal of a denial of a claim to the Appeals Council. Previously if a claimant&#8217;s application is denied at the hearing level, the claimant could both file an appeal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communicate With Your Doctor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Medical records are critical components of social security disability claims. If you have applied for social security benefits, you must seek regular medical treatment. However, don&#8217;t stop at just seeing your doctor. Be certain that you clearly communicate all of your symptoms and conditions to your physician and ask that the doctor put these symptoms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Disability Allowances Statistics Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Social Security Administration has released the statistics for 2009 showing the number of claims denied and approved at each review level.  The results are as follows: Initial Determination:  2,686,152 claims 31%-Approved 63%-Denied Reconsideration:  582,992 claims 14%-Approved 86%-Denied Administrative Law Judge Hearing:  554,025 claims 63%-Approved 15%-Dismissed 22%-Denied These figures are almost identical to the statistics [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ODAR Processing Times Stable, But Quicker Scheduling Hearings?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the August NOSSCR publication, dispositions by ALJs and senior attorneys are up 27.5 % since 2008.  Although more ALJs have been added, an increased number of applications due to the recession has kept the number of pending claims before ODAR rather stable.  Anecdotally, both the Evansville and Fort Wayne offices have been scheduling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worker&#8217;s Compensastion Settlements and Social Security Benefits</title>
		<link>http://www.indianasocialsecuritydisability.com/2010/08/workers-compensastion-settlements-and-social-security-benefits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social security applicants and receipients who have worker&#8217;s compensation claims would be well advised to consult with a worker&#8217;s compensation attorney and/or social security attorney prior to settling their worker&#8217;s compensation claims.  In Indiana most worker&#8217;s compensation settlements are comprised of compensation for a person&#8217;s permanent partial impairment (&#8220;PPI&#8221;).  PPI is defined through case law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New ODAR Processing Times Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New ODAR processing times have been released. Unfortunately, the Indiana ODAR offices continue to rank at the bottom of the list. As of May 28, 2101, the National Ranking Report ranks the Fort Wayne office number 111, the Indianapolis office number 120 and the Evansville office number 128. Average processing time for the Fort Wayne [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government Help with COBRA premiums extended</title>
		<link>http://www.indianasocialsecuritydisability.com/2010/03/government-help-with-cobra-premiums-extended/</link>
		<comments>http://www.indianasocialsecuritydisability.com/2010/03/government-help-with-cobra-premiums-extended/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I talked in my last post about the importance of continued medical treatment in Social Security Disability and SSI cases. It is a familiar scenario that many of our firm&#8217;s worker&#8217;s compensation clients lose their employer-provided health insurance when they are not able to return to work after they exhaust their FMLA or disability leave. [...]]]></description>
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