Disability Tips

Visit http://DisabilityTips.com for articles explaining Social Security disability, FAQs, resource lists, guides and more. Show notes for this episode available at http://bit.ly/disabilitytips08. Host: Tomasz Stasiuk is the founding attorney of the Stasiuk Firm PC - a law firm working exclusively on Social Security disability cases in Colorado. Http://ColoradoDisability.com -- Contact us BEFORE you apply! Disability Tips is a general information program, and should not be relied on as legal advice. Subscribe and rate DisabilityTips on iTunes at http://bit.ly/disabilitytips. Or, subscribe in your favorite podcatcher via RSS: http://disabilitytips.libsyn.com/rss

Tomasz stops packing for the NADR Social Security conference to record a jam packed episode answering the most common questions about who qualifies for Social Security disability: - I’m hurt, can I get Social Security disability benefits to go back to school? - I can’t get hired. Am I disabled? - I can’t do my old job. Am I disabled? - I can't do my regular well paid job. Am I disabled if I can only do a minimum wage job? - I can’t get hired because of my criminal record. Am I disabled? Find show notes and leave comments at http://disabilitytips.com. Got a show idea, send us a voicemail at the Disability Tips voicemail: (719) 357-7099. And don't forget to subscribe to give us a rating on iTunes: http://bit.ly/disabilitytips

Who's worse: lawyers or used car salesmen? What really happens after you hire a lawyer and what happens when between appointments? This week's Disability Tips tells you how law firms really run. Don't forget to visit us at http://disabilitytips.com or leave us a voicemail at (719) 357-7099. Thanks for listening!

This week's Disability Tips addresses the taxability of Social Security disability benefits, both for federal and state taxes. Listen in for a list of states which may impose an income tax on your Social Security disability benefits. Also, find out how disability impacts the Earned Income Tax Credit and the exceptions for disabled children. Disability Tips also looks at Social Security roll-back of the "secret administrative law judge" program. Hear why the program was bad for disabled Social Security applicants, the lawyers who represent them and even the judges who hear case. Links for the sites discussed on this episode are available at http://disabilitytips.com

Today we go over what to do if you are fired by your disability lawyer: How to request your file. What to do if your lawyer refuses or delays releasing your file. What to do if your lawyer wants to charge for the file. What you should also get from your lawyer. Find out more information at disabilitytips.com Also check out "Apply Right: How to Apply for Social Security Disability Online the Right Way the First Time!" at http://applyrightbook.com

Today's Disability Tips reviews the mistakes and pitfalls that can occur when you handle your own Social Security disability case. Links: "Apply Right: How to Apply for Social Security Disability Online the Right Way the First Time!"  : http://applyrightbook.com Social Security approval rate: http://bit.ly/dt-percent  Disability defined :  http://bit.ly/dt-defined 5 step sequential evaluation process : http://bit.ly/dt-5step Acceptable sources for diagnosis : http://bit.ly/dt-dx Unemployment and Social Security disability : http://bit.ly/dt-ut Medical Marijuana and Social Security disability : http://bit.ly/dt-mmj

Hello! Welcome to episode 2 of Disability Tips! Today, I am discussing requesting records in a Social Security disability case: when to request records. What records to request. How far back to go. And how to save your hard earned money.  I also discuss how to use a free HIPAA complaint medical records request authorization. http://bit.ly/disabilitytips02 This is an authorization I have prepared based on the one my office uses. I have added form fields so the authorization can be completed online, as well as printed out. Feel free to use this authorization if you feel it may help you on your Social Security disability case. I am making it available via a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial use license. So, it is fine for personal use. However, I do not authorize the sale of the authorization in any commercial products. Links: Richard Lamb's list of medical record costs by state - http://bit.ly/recordcosts

Social Security disability cases primariliy rely on medical records. However, this is often not enough to get a case approved.  Disability Tips looks at three other sources of evidence: schools and former employer. Disabilty Tips is brought to you by Tomasz Stasiuk, a Colorado based Social Security disability attorney. Find out more at http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/ and http://www.disabilitytips.com/