Being approved for Social Security disability benefits can be a lengthy process. If you’ve been through the ordeal once, you may have heard there’s a “five-year rule” that can streamline things if you ...

The Social Security Administration is taking online applications for one of its main disability programs after years of trying to simplify and move the process online, an effort the agency’s former ...

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Applying for disability benefits through Social Security, known as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI), can be a tricky process, especially if you are also dealing with a difficult medical ...

Jade Dunham was 15 when she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Since then, she says, she has been on “almost every medication on the market for my condition.” The disease is chronic and ...

Brenda Powell had suffered a stroke and was in debilitating pain when she called the Social Security Administration last year to seek disability benefits. The former Louisiana state office worker ...