The biggest backlog in the government, Appeals pending at the Social Security Administration’s Office of Disablity Adjudicaiton and Review,  has now reached one million appeals according to a Audit Report completed by the Office of the Inspector General .  The average time to process claims has reacehd 450 days.  The Social Security Adminstration is strained […]

If there is anything we Americans hate, its paperwork.  Unfortunately, when you apply for Social Security Disability or SSI, you get smacked with a lot of it. Too many people rush through the paperwork and make mistakes that can end up costing them their benefits! One of the forms that is easy to mess up […]

SOCIAL SECURITY CASES HEARD IN HANNIBAL REASSIGNED TO ST. LOUIS ODAR In November our office was notified that all of our cases which are heard in Hannibal – all of our Illinois cases as well as the eastern two-thirds of Northeast Missouri — are being transferred back to the St. Louis Office of Disability Adjudication […]

One important thing when someone is on Social Security Disability or is receiving SSI benefits is to keep in treatment and keep track of what medical providers you see and when you see them. You are going to come up for review every three years by the Social Security Administration and you can get yourself […]

A week doesn’t go by that we don’t see clients with questions about Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) who do not qualify because they have not paid into the Social Security system.  Self-employed farmers, construction workers, truck drivers, or other small business owners are seldom advised about what it takes to build up credits with […]

West Central Illinois and Northeast Missouri Social Security Disability Cases Hearings for Social Security Disability and SSI claimants in our area have bounced from office to office like a ping pong ball in a tornado.  As of this writing, the Columbia, Missouri Office of Disability Adjudication and Review is nominally the office in charge of […]