Unemployment benefits and Social Security Disability
Posted April 9, 2015 by Premier Disability Services, LLC® Unemployment benefits are becoming an increasingly difficult issue for claimants to overcome in their Social Security Disability claims. The problem is that both programs require the claimant to make contradicting statements in order to receive the benefits. In order to receive unemployment benefits in most states, a claimant must certify that they are “ready and able” to work. Obviously, this is highly contradictory to a claim for Social Security Disability that requires a claimant to prove they are unable to work at the substantial gainful level due to a medical impairment. There are methods that can be used to overcome this contradiction.(more…)