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  • November/December 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----Yes, You're Covered by Social Security When You Are Outside the U.S.
    -----Medicare Part B Premium & Deductible Will Increase in 2017
  • October 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Announces 0.3 Percent Benefit Increase for 2017
    -----Special Needs Trust Fairness and Medicaid Improvement Act Passes the U.S. House
  • September 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security's New Mental Impairments Listings Go Into Effect January 17, 2017
    -----October 26th Workshop: Planning for the Future: Special Needs Trusts and ABLE Accounts
    -----Benefits for Wounded Warriors
  • Summer 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----Representative Payee - A Job That Should Be Taken Seriously
    -----How To Choose an Investment Adviser for a Special Needs Trust
  • June 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----Only a Small Increase in Social Security Benefits Expected Next Year
    -----Expert Interview Series: Sheri Abrams on Social Security Disability
  • May 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----The Implementation of the Disabled Military Child Protection Act is Great News For Military Families
    -----I am 63 years old and just stopped working because of an illness. Should I apply for Social Security Disability or Social Security Retirement?
  • April 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----Good News For Those With Disabilities and Federal Student Loans
    -----Beware of Social Security Disability Application Scammers
    -----Do I automatically receive Medicare if I get Social Security Disability Benefits?
  • March 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----What Are Social Security Emergency Messages?
    -----Social Security Emergency Message 16012--Local Social Security Offices Must Give Specifics When Rejecting Special Needs Trusts
    -----Social Security Emergency Message 16013--Waiver of SSI Overpayments Resulting From Same Sex Marriage
  • February 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----What Caused the Maximum Amount of Social Security Benefits to Decrease this year---Will My Benefits Decrease?
    -----Beware of Fake Social Security Emails
    -----Beware of New Medicare Phone Scam
  • January 2016
  • In This Issue:

    -----No Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment in 2016
    -----2016 Medicare Part B Premium & Part A and B Deductibles
    -----New Social Security Rules End Two Spousal Claiming Strategies
  • May/June 2015
  • In This Issue:

    -----BIG NEWS! Sheri Abrams Re-Opens Her Own Law Firm!
    -----What Do You Do If You Lose Your Medicare Card?
  • April 2015
  • In This Issue:

    -----Is There A Reference Source Where All Of The Rules For Working While On Social Security Are Located?
    -----Is It True That There Are "Special Extra Earnings" For Military Service That Increase Monthly Social Security Benefits?
  • March 2015
  • In This Issue:

    -----Final Rule to Revise the Definition of Spouse Under FMLA
    -----Can a Third Party Special Needs Trust Pay For a Vacation?
  • February 2015
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security to Expand Local Office Hours
    -----Social Security Announces New Online Service for Replacement SSA-1099s
    -----What Is Social Security Fraud, Waste or Abuse?
  • January 2015
  • In This Issue:

    -----ABLE Act Becomes Law
    -----Change to Social Security's Workers Compensation Offset
    -----Suspect Social Security Fraud?
  • December 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Winter Weather - Is Your Social Security Office Open Today?
    -----What is the Americans With Disabilities Act?
  • November 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Announces 1.7 Percent Benefit Increase for 2015
    -----FRAUD ALERT: Text Phishing Scheme Targeting Social Security Disability Applicants and Beneficiaries
  • October 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Starts New Representative Payee Pilot Program
    -----New Hydrocodone Regulations
  • September 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Resumes Mailing Social Security Statements
    -----Soldiers & Veterans with Lou Gehrig's Disease Now Get Housing Subsidies
  • August 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Can a Congressional Inquiry Help a Claim for Social Security Disability Benefits?
    -----FCC Adopts Rules to Promote Widespread Text-to-911 Availability
    -----Disability Visibility Project to Record Stories for the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act
  • July 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Extends Access to Benefit Verification
    -----Social Security's New Disability Computer System Does Not Work
    -----Scam Alert: That Robocall is Not From the IRS
  • June 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Can You Receive Social Security Disability or Retirement if You Live Overseas?
    -----"Archie" Comic Books To Now Feature a Character With a Disability
    -----Free Online Version of "That All May Worship: An Interfaith Welcome to People with Disabilities" Released
  • May 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Changes the Way it Reviews Special Needs Trusts
    -----Social Security Stops Collecting Some Overpayments Over 10 Years Old
  • April 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Issues New Ruling on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)
    -----Social Security Employee in D.C. Accused of Taking Bribes for Favorable Decisions
  • March 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----It is Now Easier To Apply For Social Security Disability Benefits
    -----If a Person leaves the Country Will They Lose Their SSI Benefits?
    -----Upcoming Changes to Services at Local Social Security Offices
  • February 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----New Expedited Social Security Disability Process for Veterans
    -----Social Security Publishes New SSI Rules for Same-Sex Married Couples
  • January 2014
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Adds 25 New Compassionate Allowances Conditions
    -----How Will Receiving Child Support Payments Affect a child's SSI Benefits?
  • December 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Sheri is Now Helping Clients Discharge Student Loans Due to Disability
    -----What Are Social Security Disability Consultative Exams?
    -----How to Get Help in the Cold Weather

  • November 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Disability, Retirement & SSI Benefits To Increase In 2014
    -----New DOT Rules Make Flying Easier for Passengers with Disabilities

  • October 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
    -----What Is A Social Security Disability Continuing Disability Review?
    -----What Should You Do If You Receive A CDR notice?
    -----What Should You Do If You Get A Notice Ending Your Benefits After A CDR?

  • September 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Can Social Security Disability & SSI Benefits Be Garnished?
    -----Why Should You Hire a Local Attorney for Your Social Security Disability Case?
    -----"Together on the Pathway to Wellness" Conference

  • August 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security to Begin Processing Claims by Some Same-Sex "Aged Spouses"
    -----The Social Security Administration is Replacing the Term "Mental Retardation"
    -----Lupus Foundation's "Ask the Experts" Program

  • July 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----How Working Impacts SSI Benefits
    -----National Museum of American History Launches History of Disability Online Exhibition
    -----Lupus Foundation's"Ask the Experts" Program

  • June 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Have You Used the Social Security Benefit Eligibility Screening Tool?
    -----HUD Issues Notice on Assistance Animals and Reasonable Accommodations
  • May 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Obama Administration Simplifies Application for Health Insurance
    -----If You Have a Disability, You May Qualify for a Free Access Pass to National Parks

  • April 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Disability Rights in Housing
    -----National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

  • March 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Do You Have To Pay Income Taxes On The Social Securtiy Benefits You Receive?
    -----Free Workshop: Government Benefits, Social Security and Work Programs
    -----Spread the Word to End the Word

  • February 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Who Qualifies for Social Security Survivor Benefits?
    -----Disability Rights Rule Changes Sports In Schools
    -----Virginia Caregivers Can Apply for $400 to Cover the Cost of Respite Care.

  • January 2013
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Announces New Online Services Available with a "My Social Security"
    -----"FIFA 13" Is AbleGamer's Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year

  • December 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Announces New Compassionate Allowances Conditions
    -----FEMA Offers Assistive Technology to Help People Access Disaster Information

  • November 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Field Offices To Close Earlier
    -----Medicare Open Enrollment Deadline Extended Due to Superstorm Sandy
    -----Consider Signing Up For Fairfax's Special Needs Registry

  • October 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Benefits Will Increase by 1.7% in 2013
    -----Can A Non-U.S. Citizen Receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI)?
    -----"Social Security For Dummies" Published

  • September 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----What Do I Do If I Am Denied Social Security Disability Benefits?
    -----Problems Faced by Voters with Disabilities

  • August 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----The Basics of Social Security Disability Insurance
    -----Social Security Issues New Disability Ruling on Fibromyalgia

  • July 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Can a Student Loan be Discharged Because of a Disability?
    -----Huntington's Disease added to Compassionate Allowances Program
    -----Lupus Foundation Presentation Was Sold-Out

  • June 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----What Should A Social Security Representative Payee Do and Not Do?
    -----How Does Medicare Affect TRICARE?

  • May 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Statements Are Now Available Online
    ----- New Program to Improve Efficiency for Wounded Warriors Applying for Disability

  • April 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Adds New Conditions to Compassionate Allowances Program
    -----Social Security Administration Adopts Electronic Signatures for Release Forms

  • March 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Changes That You Need To Tell Social Security About
    -----Military Can Receive Faster Claim Processing for Social Security Disability

  • February 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----New Rule Strengthens Protections for Americans with Disabilities at Rail Stations
    -----TSA Launches New Toll Free Number for Air Travelers with Disabilities

  • January 2012
  • In This Issue:

    -----Sheri R. Abrams Named Partner
    -----All Veterans with ALS are Eligible for Service Connected Veterans Benefits
    -----New Law Requires Commercial Pools to be accessible to the Disabled

  • December 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Can Social Security Disability & SSI Benefits Be Garnished By Child Support?
    -----The Only Accessible Frank Lloyd Wright House To Become A Museum

  • November 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Medicare Part B Premium Increase for 2012 Will be Lower Than Projected
    -----Disney Parks Are Very Accessible for Guests with Disabilities

  • October 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Recipients Are Expected to Get COLA in 2012
    -----Social Security Expands Compassionate Allowances Conditions
    -----New iPhone App "Wheelmap" Shows Wheelchair Access Around the World

  • September 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Are College 529 Plans Considered a Resource When Applying For SSI?
    -----September is National Pain Awareness Month
    -----Lupus Foundation Presentation Was Sold Out

  • August, 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Local Social Security Offices Now Closing to the Public a Half Hour Early
    -----Disabled Veterans Real Property Tax Relief

  • July 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Announces New Compassionate Allowances Conditions
    -----Social Security Checks Could Be Delayed Without Debt-Ceiling Deal

  • June 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Endocrine Disorders Removed from Social Security's List of Disabling Impairments
    -----Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) App Helps Thousands

  • May 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----How Are Social Security Disability Benefits Taxed?
    -----Bureau of Engraving and Printing Launches EyeNote App to Help the Blind
  • April 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----"TOSS, SELL OR SAVE?"
    -----Social Security Stops Mailing Earning Statements
    -----Sheri Abrams Elected To NOSSCR Board of Directors

  • March 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Important Changes to ADA Now in Effect
    -----Tax Act Brings Changes to SSI & Medicaid Treatment of Refunds, Tax Credits
    -----Sheri Abrams to Teach CLE on Social Security Disability for the Virginia State Bar

  • February 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----How Will President Obama's 2012 Budget Impact Those With Disabilities?
    -----Financial Assistance Is Available For Disabled Veterans To Purchase a Vehicle
    -----Sheri Abrams To Speak At the 2011 Accessibility Summit

  • January 2011
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Not Making Many Changes in their Numbers in 2011
    -----Say Goodbye To Paper Social Security Checks
    -----Sheri Abrams To Speak At the 2011 Accessibility Summit

  • December 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Payback Option Eliminated
    -----Social Security Disability Judges Face Violent Threats
    -----15 Questions with ... A Lupus Expert

  • November 2010
  • In This Issue:
    -----Social Security's Fast Track Disability Processes Gets Even Faster
    -----Virginia Hospital Offers Free Knee or Hip Surgery
    -----Museum of Disability History Now Open

  • October 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----No Social Security Cost-Of-Living Increase in 2011
    -----President Obama Signs Historic Rosa's Bill Into Law

  • September 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----Social Security Set to Eliminate Retirement Benefit Pay-Back Option
    -----Why is my Medicare Part B Premium More than my Neighbors Part B Premium?

  • August 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----How To Protect Your Child's Disability Benefits After They Become an Adult
    -----How Can You Get Your Prescriptions Filled for Free

  • July 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----Can You Receive Social Security if You Move Out of the Country?
    -----Can You Receive Social Security Disability If You Used Drugs or Alcohol?

  • June 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----Free Segways For Disabled Veterans
    -----Are You In Medicare Prescription Drug's "Donut hole"? $250 Checks Are On The Way
    -----Divorce and Social Security Retirement Benefits

  • May 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----Video Games For The Disabled Now Available
    -----Can You Receive Social Security Disability Benefits For Hepatitis C?
    -----Sheri Abrams' Book "Don't Gamble With Your Social Security Disability Benefits"

  • April 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----Should You Apply For Social Security Disability Benefits Online?
    -----Should You Get a Special Needs Trust For Your Child?
    -----Sheri Abrams' Book "Don't Gamble With Your Social Security Disability Benefits"

  • March 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----The Backlog to have a Social Security Disability Hearing is at its Lowest Point
    -----"Autism on the Seas"
    -----Sheri Abrams' Book "Don't Gamble with your Social Security Disability Benefits"

  • February 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----Sheri Abrams' Book "Don't Gamble With Your Social Security Disability Benefits"
    -----Social Security Adds 38 New Compassionate Allowance Conditions

  • January 2010
  • In This Issue:

    -----If You Have Lyme Disease, Put Your Case on the Map
    -----What is Supplemental Security Income (SSI)?

  • December 2009
  • In This Issue:

    -----Did You Receive an Incorrect Benefit Notice From Social Security?
    -----Upcoming Speech to Springfield Multiple Sclerosis Support Group

  • November 2009
  • In This Issue :

    -----Beware What You Post on Facebook If You Want to Receive Disability Benefits
    -----Schizophrenia Considered For Social Security Compassionate Allowances List
    -----What Is the Difference Between a Will & a Trust?

  • October 2009
  • In This Issue:

    -----At Last---Shorter Waits for Social Security Disability Benefits
    -----Attorney, Sheri Abrams, to Speak at "Circle of Support" Conference
    -----Can a Disabled Person Create a Special Needs Trust with Their Own Funds?

  • September 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----Social Security Representative Payee---Not a Job to be Taken Lightly
    -----Attorney, Sheri Abrams, to Give Presentation for the Tourette Syndrome Association
    -----Attorney Sheri Abrams, to Host WebChat for the Lupus Foundation of America
    -----What is an Executor/Executrix and What Do They Do?

  • August 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----Can You Collect Both Social Security Disability Benefits and Unemployment?
    -----Sheri Abrams to Speak At Lupus & Disability Seminar on September 12th
    -----Be Cautious of Generic Health Care Powers of Attorney Forms

  • July 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----When Should You Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits?
    -----What If I Took Early Retirement From Social Security at Age 62 and Change My Mind?
    -----Why Should You Create A Special Needs Trust Before Your Child Turns 18?

  • June 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----Social Security Benefits Not Expected to Increase in 2010 or 2011
    -----Most Adults With Special Needs Require Estate Planning Documents
    -----The Problems With Commingling Special Needs Trust Assets with Personal Funds

  • May 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----State Cuts Delay Social Security Disability Benefits
    -----Adult Children With Disabilities Can Qualify For Social Security On Parents' Records
    -----Most Parents Of Children With Special Needs Lack A Plan

  • April 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----Stimulus Payments to Social Security Recipients to Arrive in May
    -----The Problem with Extra Income and SSI Eligibility
    -----Should You Update Your Will When You Move to Another State?

  • March 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----Congress Proposes Tax-Deferred Savings Accounts for People with Disabilities
    -----Don't Let Social Security Disabled Adult Children's Benefits Interfere with Medicaid
    -----A Warning for Medicaid Beneficiaries Traveling Out of State

  • February 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----How Will the New Stimulus Package Help People With Special Needs
    -----What Expenses Should a Special Needs Trust Not Pay For?
    -----Launch of More Accessible Website

  • January 2009
  • In this Issue:

    -----What Does the Inauguration Mean to the Special Needs Community?
    -----Don't Let Social Security Disabled Adult Children's Benefits Interfere with Medicaid
    -----Social Security Administration Violates Rights of the Visually Impaired

  • December 2008
  • In this Issue:

    ----Are Workers' Compensation Payments Affected by Social Security Disability?
    ----No Birth Certificate for Social Security?
    ----Can A Disabled Person Create A Special Needs Trust With Their Own Funds?

  • November 2008
  • In this Issue:

    -----What is the Earliest Age that A Person Can Receive Social Security Disability?
    -----Social Security Benefits Going Up by 5.8%
    -----Social Security Announces Launch of Fast Track Disability Applications
    -----What is a Special Needs Trust?

  • October 2008
  • In this Issue:

    -----How Do I Apply for Social Security Disability Benefits?
    -----Medicare Premium to Remain Unchanged in 2009

  • September 2008
  • In this Issue:

    -----What Do I Do If I Am Denied Social Security Disability Benefits?
    -----Be On Alert: Banks are Illegally Garnishing Social Security Benefits.

  • August 2008
  • In this Issue:

    -----What are Social Security Disability Benefits?
    -----The Rising Backlog in Disability Appeals.

Sheri R. Abrams
 Attorney at Law
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Suite 306
Oakton, Virginia 22124
571-328-5795
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