What You Need to Know About SSDI and Personal Injury Settlements If you’ve sued over an injury that wasn’t your fault, you may be wondering how it affects your SSDI benefits. Or alternatively, you may wonder if you can receive SSDI at all. Here’s what you need to know about SSDI and personal injury settlements. Getting the Help You Need Compensation as part of a personal injury lawsuit should not have any effect on your Social Security disability application. In fact, pursuing the two together may help you: If you can prove to the SSA that you have a disabling injury preventing you from working, it can help your personal injury case. Proving your injury affected your life speaks volumes
How SSDI Benefits for Women Differ From Men If you’re a woman applying for SSDI, you should be aware that women receive less in disability benefits than men. As a Memphis disability lawyer, I can help you understand how SSDI benefits for women differ from men and why. And if you’re denied, we can help you put together a strong appeal. Why Women Make Less In Disability Benefits Than Men Women don’t get injured less than men. They experience disability at the same rate and intensity, if not more. At the same time, a woman tends to make less in SSDI benefits than a man even if they have the same injury and used to do the same job. Why?
When Your Disability Claim Is Denied for Failing to Follow the Doctor’s Orders If you’ve been injured and applied for Social Security Disability Insurance, you may have seen numerous doctors in the process. A lot of people don’t realize how important it is to do as those doctors tell you. If not, you run the risk of being denied disability for failing to follow the doctor’s orders. How Doctors Impact Your SSDI Claim When you receive second and third opinions or meet with specialists, some medical advice may differ. In your case, perhaps you decided not to follow one of the doctor’s treatment plans in order to do what another doctor said. Or perhaps you changed your plan after a
Denied SSDI Because You Make Too Much Money If you’ve been denied SSDI because you make too much money, you may be wondering what in the world happened. After all, maybe you only have a small side job. It doesn’t bring in enough to provide for your needs, so how could the disability office punish you for it? The Social Security Administration (SSA) uses a number called Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA), which is the amount of money you can make each month while still being eligible for benefits. The SSA assumes that if you make more than this amount, you are capable of competing for gainful employment and thus do not need any benefits. The SGA can change annually, but
Last week I discussed the growing use of medical credit cards and how they can often hurt the very patients they’re meant to help. Now some states are trying to pass strict regulations to help consumers make a wiser choice about medical credit. Here are some of the rules they have in mind: Require credit companies to give a clear description of the interest rate (which can go as high as 30%) Also require them to tell consumers how to avoid interest and penalty fees A three-day “cooling off” period, when consumers can decide to change their minds about taking out the credit An appeals process for disputing claims when consumers believe they’ve been overcharged or misled These
As you look out the window here in Memphis on this cold morning, you can see the beautiful white snow falling onto the blankets that have accumulated on the ground. A little too frequently, however, that enjoyable moment is altered by the sounds of emergency sirens, most likely on their way to deal with a traffic accident. According to WREG News Channel 3’s tweet, the Shelby County Sheriff has implemented the Inclement Weather Policy. This means if you’re involved in a car accident and it’s not an emergency, simply exchange insurance information with the other individual and report the accident later. Surely, this is due to a high volume of car accidents in Memphis this morning resulting from the winter
If you or a loved one have taken Tylenol® or a generic brand of acetaminophen and experienced severe liver damage, we want to talk to you. Tylenol has been linked to serious side effects that include liver failure, and even death. Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, is the number one cause of acute liver damage in the United States. It’s been linked to liver damage even in small quantities. Be aware of the symptoms that come with taking too much acetaminophen – nausea bloating vommitting digestive problems If you’re suffering from these symptoms after taking Tylenol, seek immediate medical attention. If your liver has been damaged over time by acetaminophen, it can take a long time to realize you’ve
Memphis has a new program in place to help stop blight and improve city neighborhoods. Starting January 4, 2016, residents can take part in Mow to Own, which allows neighbors to take care of someone’s abandoned property in exchange for the chance to own it. According to Action News 5, the resident must be located next door or adjacent to the property. To qualify, call the Shelby County Land Bank to register, pay a fee of $175, and mow the property regularly for three years. In return, the city may give you a credit toward the home purchase. This program could help combat the boarded-up, unsightly homes that plague many Memphis neighborhoods. It also offers real, physical value to the
How does repossession in Memphis work? What is self-help repossession, and what can you do to stop it? In this video, Memphis bankruptcy lawyer Darrell Castle discusses what you can do to stop self-help repossession in Memphis, and why you want to act quickly. httpv://youtu.be/8BEgtN-NcwU
By: Darrell Castle Video Transcript Hello I’m Darrell Castle and I’m an attorney licensed to practice law in the state of Tennessee. And on this video today, I want to talk with you about two things: impaired driving and distracted driving. When you think about it, they’re really two different things. Impaired driving, the obvious one, is drunk driving. Or impaired by alcohol. Impaired by some other chemical or some drug. Alcohol and automobiles have been mixing now for 100 years. Impaired driving is obvious. You’re not in control of yourself. You’re driving down the street in traffic. You’re a danger to everyone around you. It’s very irresponsible to do that of course. I’ve had many case of people injured