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- Are You Afraid You Can’t Afford a Social Security Disability Lawyer?
- Get Rid of Those Sleepless Nights because you Can’t Work, Your Rights to Social Security Disability Benefits and Breast Cancer
- Depression and Your Rights to Social Security Disability Benefits
- Problems You Might Have While Traveling while Recieving Social Security Disability Benefits
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Common Questions Asked About Disability Claims in Florida
Florida Disability Insurance Lawyer, Nancy Cavey, represents disability insurance applicants in Florida including Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, New Port Richey, Orlando, Lakeland, Sarasota, Ft. Myers, Ocala, Gainesville, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Jacksonville, Daytona, West Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Lake Worth, Miami and Naples. Nancy also represents long term disability applicants in Georgia, Alabama, Texas, North Carolina and South Carolina and through out the United States.
Tampa Bay based Nancy Cavey represents clients in short and long term disability insurance cases against UNUM, UNUM Provident, Reliance Standard, Liberty, Hartford, Berkshire, AIG, American International, Gallagher Bassett, North Western Mutual, Prudentia.
Nancy has written a free consumer guide to disability insurance called Robbed of Your Peace of Mind - What Long Term Disability Insurance Companies Don't Want You To Know! which usually sells on Amazon.com for $14.99, but is yours today at NO-COST!
Q: Will drugs or alcohol use impact my Social Security Disability Claim?
A: Drug and alcohol abuse can have a profound impact on your Social Security Disability benefits. On average seven out of ten disability applications and more than eight out of ten Social Security Disability appeals are denied if drugs or alcohol abuse is involved. You are under no legal obligation to report past substance abuse as this can be an excuse to deny your benefits. If you are filing a claim for disability on the basis of a mental impairment carefully consider whether or not you want to mention alcohol or drug use on your Social Security Disability application or on a Request for Reconsideration. Mental conditions such as depression and bipolar disorder have been linked to alcohol and drug use. While that certainly is a factor in your mental condition it is best only as a contributing factor to your disability.
Answering these broad-based questions isn't easy. Help is a phone call away. You can contact Nancy Cavey, an experienced long-term disability attorney at 727-894-3188.
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Social Security Disability (SSD)
- Are Social Security Disability benefits Welfare?
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- How is "disability" defined and how do I apply for the benefits?
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