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Disability Terms and Definitions

 

 

CDB
Childhood Disability Benefits. Title II benefit category for disabled adult children of deceased, retired or disabled parents. Disability must have begun prior to age 22.

Windfall Offset
A provision to prevent a person from receiving monthly SSI and OASDI benefits in excess of the total amount which would have been paid if the OASDI benefits had been paid when they were due rather than retroactively.

AEA
acquired eleptiform aphasia (Landau-Kleffner syndrome)

Own Occupation (Own Occ)
Under this definition, an insured will be considered disabled only if he or she is unable to perform the duties of his or her occupation.

Section 1619(a) Status
The special SSI cash benefits provided to disabled individuals who lose eligibility for SSI benefits under the regular rules because they have earnings at the level that is ordinarily considered to represent substantial gainful activity.

Disability
A general term used for the problems a person with a health condition (such as cerebral palsy or deafness) has because of barriers in his or her environment.

Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 To grant family and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances

Unincurred Business Expenses
Self-employment business support given to you by someone else without cost. If you are self-employed, we deduct unincurred business expenses from earnings when we determine SGA.

Benefit Percentage
The benefit payable is usually determined as a percentage of the insured's pre-disability income up to an overall maximum benefit amount.

Deeming
The process by which the income and resources of an ineligible individual are considered to be available to a recipient when determining eligibility or payment amount.

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SSDI stands for Social Security Disability Insurance
A system of federally provided payments to eligible workers (and, in some cases, their families) when they are unable to continue working because of a disability. Benefits begin with the sixth full month of disability and continue until the individual is capable of substantial gainful activity.

 


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Latest news about Disability cases in Arkansas and nationwide:

Cost Of Living Adjustment For Social Security In 2005
Monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for more than 52 million Americans will increase 2.7 percent in 2005.


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Memphis Builders And Designers To Retrofit Apartments And Pay $300,000 To Settle Justice Department Lawsuit Alleging Disability Discrimination
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with 10 Memphis firms involved in the design and constru...
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HHS Awards Kansas Grant To Help People With Disabilities Maintain Employment
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced a $5 million award to Kansas to demonstrate whether additional services and supports to working ind...
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Social Security Lawyers.com Terms

 


Today's Terms

SSI State Supplement

Definition:
A cash benefit authorized by Ch. 49.77 and 49.775, Wis. Stats. This benefit is intended to supplement the federal SSI benefit payment. Eligibility is based on current receipt of federal SSI benefits or special "grandfathered" status as a recipient of the state supplement only.

Disability

Definition:
A general term used for the problems a person with a health condition (such as cerebral palsy or deafness) has because of barriers in his or her environment.

Medicaid provider

Definition:
A professional or medical facility who is enrolled as a provider for the Medicaid Program by entering into a contract with the Medicaid Program to provide medical services to Medicaid eligible recipients. By entering into this contract the professional has agreed to abide by all rules and regulations governing the Medicaid Program.

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Disability Hot Topics

 
Topics Related to Disability:

  • Spinal Cord Injuries
  • Broken or Severed Limbs
  • Vision Injuries
  • Access to Public Accommodations

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Arkansas Social-Security Attorney

 
If you live in the following cities and need an Social-Security attorney you should contact our Social-Security Attorney as soon as possible:

  • Batesville
  • Benton
  • Bentonville
  • Blytheville
  • Cabot
  • Camden
  • Conway
  • El Dorado
  • Fayetteville
  • Forrest City
  • Fort Smith
  • Harrison
  • Hot Springs National P
  • Jacksonville
  • Jonesboro
  • Little Rock
  • Magnolia
  • Mountain Home
  • North Little Rock
  • Paragould
  • Pine Bluff
  • Rogers
  • Searcy
  • Sherwood
  • Springdale
  • Texarkana
  • Van Buren
  • West Memphis
  • White Hall
 


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