Have you or a loved one has recently been diagnosed with a severe illness? Attaining financial support quickly can make an enormous difference. On August 11, 2026, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that it had added 14 new health conditions to the program that fast-tracks disability benefit approvals for

Applying for disability benefits can feel overwhelming and like navigating a maze with no map. The paperwork is confusing, the medical documentation requirements are complicated, and long wait times can be concerning.Most disabled individuals tend to file on their own using the SSA's official application portal: SSA's disability benefits application.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) regularly checks whether existing disability beneficiaries still meet medical criteria to qualify for their benefits. Recently, this process changed in a fundamental way. The agency began pulling medical Continuing Disability Reviews (CDRs) away from the 50-plus state Disability Determination Services (DDS) offices that had handled

For years, applying for Social Security disability benefits has meant bracing for a long wait. But that wait has been getting shorter. According to the Social Security Administration's own figures, the agency's pending initial disability claims backlog has fallen by more than a third over the past year and a

Social Security looks simple from the outside: work, pay in, collect a check. In practice, it's governed by a dense set of rules that determine exactly how much you get, when you can get it, and who else in your family might qualify. Getting these rules wrong, especially the ones

Social Security is now just six years from a funding cliff that has been decades in the making. This June, 2026, the Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report, and the news was worse than last year's dreadful projections. The program's primary trust fund will run dry in

If you have appealed a denied Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claim, a formal trip to a federal office building to sit across from an administrative law judge typically comes to mind. We can finally say that image is now outdated.Appearing before an administrative judge

If you receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or you are waiting on a claim, you have probably seen alarming headlines about Social Security running out of money by 2032. It is a real number from a real government report, and it deserves attention. But the headlines rarely explain a

If you live in Orangeburg, SC, The Lowery Law Group works with the Orangeburg Social Security Office on your Social Security disability claims and any other needs.If you have recently become injured to where the difficulty of your condition is preventing you from working for an extended period, you may

Many people assume their Social Security Disability claim is decided entirely at the local Social Security office. In reality, typically that’s not how the medical decision gets made. In South Carolina, as in other states, most disability claims are first processed through a local Social Security field office and then