One symptom of the ailing economy is being felt nationwide, and here at home.
The increase in those seeking Social Security disability benefits is at an all time high, due to more people being unemployed due to lay-offs.
The Johnson City Office of the Social Security Administration says that since 2007, the number of folks filing for disability locally has risen by thirty four and a half percent.
For some, filing on-line seems like an easy way to get out of financial straits, but getting disability benefits is not an easy proposition.
According to Attorney Tony Seaton, "To give Social Security credit, they make that process difficult on purpose, because otherwise everybody with a sore back would want to be on disability. Its kind of a complicated bureaucratic process., and it becomes very frustrating for a lot of people."
If you are thinking of filing a Social Security disability claim, before going to the Social Security Administration, Lawyer Tony Seaton offers one piece of advice… make sure your medical history records are in order.
"The Social Security Administration is pretty sophisticated in the way they screen folks and I usually tell people that...you know a huge percentage of it is going to be based on their medical records.",says Seaton.
If the number of disability claims continues to grow at its current pace, the Disability Insurance Trust Fund could be completely depleted by 2018.
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