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SSDI

What Is the New 5-Year Past Work Rule and How Does It Affect Your Claim?

Peter Antonowicz

For decades the disability application asked people to reconstruct fifteen years of work history. Every job, every employer, how much you lifted and how long you stood, reaching back to positions you held in your thirtie...

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SSDI

What Is SSDI Back Pay and How Far Back Can It Go?

Peter Antonowicz

The letter finally comes and says you are approved. Then a second question arrives right behind the relief. What about the last two years? You stopped working, you filed, you waited, you were denied, you appealed, you wa...

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Disability

The Role of Lay Witnesses in Strengthening Your Social Security Disability Claim

Peter Antonowicz

Your medical chart records a diagnosis and a treatment plan. It does not record the morning your spouse had to help you put on socks, or the shift your supervisor watched you give out after two hours on your feet. That g...

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Disability

Should You Hire a Disability Representative or File on Your Own?

Peter Antonowicz

Every Social Security disability claim begins the same way: with a decision about who will handle it. You can file the application yourself, and many people across Central New York do. The harder question is whether help...

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SSDI

How Many Work Credits Do You Need to Qualify for SSDI in New York?

Peter Antonowicz

You spent decades on the job across Central New York, paying into Social Security out of every paycheck, and now a disabling condition has forced you to stop. A fair question follows: Did you pay in enough to collect Soc...

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Disability

Can You Get Disability for Chronic Back Pain in New York?

Peter Antonowicz

You wake up stiff, you sit down, and your leg goes numb, and by mid-afternoon, standing is the only position that does not hurt. Then someone tells you that everybody has back pain. When a spine condition has ended the p...

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