disability

I am 100% Disability and was just approved for an R1. It appears the SMC R1 was paid but the disability payment was stopped. It was my understanding that I would get both payments. Am I wrong? Thank you.

Hi guys, Following my initial post (here) series of tests later, second opinion doctor agree's on MND as the clinical diagnosis. I have a very atypical onset of symptoms and slow progression and hence, unable to find a patient story that is similar to my case. I hope you guys can help me with...

Normally if you get paid for a disability they reduce your pension by the disability amount. So you end up with the same check every month. So if I get $3,000 a month pension and $3,000 a month 100% disabled (ALS), is my final check for the month going to be $3,000, just different taxable...

If you’re like me, your PALS has said this to you more than once. Shortly after her diagnosis, my PALS would sometimes say “take me to Oregon” or simply “I don’t want to live that way.” Later, there were occasions where she would say, in effect, “I want to make it this far and no farther.”...

Today marks the second anniversary of my first ALS diagnosis. We lived in Northeast Georgia at the time and had traveled home to Pennsylvania for the long Thanksgiving weekend. On Sunday of that weekend we drone form Pennsylvania down to see Dr. Pulley in Jacksonville, Florida for our Monday...

My 29 year old Nephew was officially Dx'd with ALS last week. We are all devastated. I am trying to guide him, as to when he should apply for disability, etc. I do not want to overwhelm him, but I want to be proactive. He has only been married a few months and has a young Son. I want to help...

Hello all, My name is Josh. And there's familial a lesson my family. My mom is diagnosed with it. My grandmother died from it. My great grandfather died from it. And my great great grandfather died from it though on his birth certificate it says creeping paralysis. My mom also has a cousin that...

It has to be about an illness that leads to disability that will require physical therapy and the type of physical therapy that patients do. So my questions are, you're age of onset what we're your first symptoms, what physical therapy excercises have you done throughout your illness, what are...

So I retired after 20 years and received a pension which I paid income taxes on for the past 20+ years. Now I have been categorized 100% with ALS. Is the disability taxable? Is my pension taxable like before?

I have been waiting for four months to see neuromuscular specialist in Birmingham and my appointment is next week. I can barely get around in my house (bilateral "bad legs"). Neurologist I saw in June when my body was swaying like a metronome said he wanted to see me again in 6...