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Social
Security Disability claim denied? The Harrisburg attorneys at Handler, Henning & Rosenberg, LLP are here to help you. With offices in Harrisburg, Lancaster, York, Hanover and Carlisle to serve you
when your Social Security Disability
claim has been denied.
As attorneys specializing in Social Security Disability claims in Harrisburg,
Lancaster, York, Hanover and Carlisle,
if you have been hurt and can no
longer work, the
attorneys at Handler, Henning
& Rosenberg, LLP are experienced lawyers
practicing law
for over 84 years in the Harrisburg,
Lancaster, York, Hanover and
Carlisle, Pennsylvania areas and are
here to help you with your Social
Security Disability claim.
Social Security Disability Attorneys in Pennsylvania
We are more than Social Security Disability
Attorneys, we are a firm with an
expansive team of legal
professionals. Our winning team of
attorneys handle all areas of
accident injury, medical malpractice,
defective products, birth injuries,
trucking accidents and Social
Security Disability cases in the Pennsylvania
area.
Pennsylvania Social Security Disability
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Pennsylvania
Social Security disability benefits are paid only to workers who have long-term impairments that preclude any gainful work, regardless of whether the disability arose on or off the job. By law, the benefits are paid only to workers who are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment
that is expected to last at least a year or result in death. The injury or
condition has to be severe enough that the
worker is not only unable to do his or her previous work but is also unable to do any other type of substantial
gainful work. Social Security disability benefits begin after a 5-month waiting period.
The amount of benefits in Pennsylvania and
Nationwide that Social Security paid in
wage-replacement benefits to disabled
workers and their dependents in 2002 was
nearly twice the amount of cash benefits
paid under workers’ compensation—$65.6
billion compared with $29.2 billion.
Employer and employee each pay 5.3 percent
of wages for Social Security’s Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance and 0.9 percent for
Disability Insurance. Thus, the total paid for Disability Insurance
is 1.8 percent of taxable wages.
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania Social Security
Disability
In December 2003, about 7.6 million beneficiaries
(workers and dependents) received Social Security
Disability Insurance benefits. Of those beneficiaries,
about 1.3 million, or about 17 percent, had some connection
to workers’ compensation or public disability benefits.
This connection includes those who:
received workers’ compensation or public disability
benefits,
had received workers’ compensation or public
disability benefits in the past,
received a lump-sum settlement in lieu of periodic
benefits, or
had claims pending for workers’ compensation or
public disability benefits.
Of those with a connection to workers’ compensation
or public disability benefits,
about 1 million were disabled workers, and about
240,000 were dependents;
about three-fourths were connected to workers’
compensation and one-fourth to other public
disability benefits
53 percent of disabled workers had a pending
connection or claim, and 47 percent had a prior
connection.
The percentage of Social Security Disability Insurance
beneficiaries with a connection to workers’ compensation
or public disability benefits varies by state of residence, in
part because workers’ compensation programs vary, as
do rules for coverage of public employees under Social
Security and alternative public disability benefits.
How to handle your Social Security
Disability Claim
In Pennsylvania , if you have worked and paid Social Security taxes for five out of the last 10 years, and are now totally disabled due to illness or injury, you may qualify for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits.
To be eligible for Social Security benefits in
Pennsylvania your condition must be one that will last, or is expected to last, 12 months or longer or end in death. Second, you must able to prove to the Social Security Administration (SSA) that you cannot perform your former job or any other type of work now that you are disabled.
Call
the Law Offices of Handler, Henning & Rosenberg, LLP
for a consultation at 1-800-422-2224 if you have any questions about your
Social Security Disability case.
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