Workers get hurt all the time, both on the job and off. In 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 1,238,490 injury or illness cases in the United States requiring days away from work to ...

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins testifies before his Senate Veterans Affairs committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on January 21. On Tuesday, Collins reported the ...

John Keith Taylor was denied a disability rating for scars without ever having an evaluation of the tumors, which was the focus of his claim.

The seal on the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington, D.C. is shown in June 2013. (Charles Dharapak/AP) The backlog of veterans first-time disability claims in coming ...

Schuster Law has announced expanded legal services for individuals seeking Social Security Disability benefits throughout Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The firm’s representation covers both initial ...

A Knoxville firefighter who suffered a career-ending injury while on duty has been rejected again for Social Security disability. Chris Patterson said he and his attorney were disappointed with the ...

More fraud troubles with E. D. D. It's been an emotional roller coaster. But this time the problem isn't with unemployment transferred. Almost 350,000 disability claims frozen, leaving endless lines ...

The Supreme Court on Monday sent the case of a Louisiana man who was prevented from using a physical therapy clinic’s pool because he has HIV back to the state […] ...

SACRAMENTO — After suspending 345,000 disability checks because of fraud concerns, California officials on Thursday said nearly all of those claims were associated with criminals trying to trick the ...

A group of former NFL players is suing the league’s disability benefit program, commissioner Roger Goodell and the disability board, accusing them of routinely denying disability claims. In a lawsuit ...

Mississippi has a higher processing time for claims that what SSA deems reasonable. The average field offices makes a determination in eight days. Mississippi DDS takes 76 days on average to decide.