TERRI M. DAVID CONSULTING

Many SSD representatives travel for hearings, conferences, and networking. Technology has allowed me to use my time wisely while traveling, so that I have more time for friends and family. Here are some tips that help me balance work and life on-the-road. Traveling to the Airport or Train Station: Download all the documents you need to review. Downloading documents allows time to work while in route to the airport and/or train station without access to WIFI. I use this time t

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently published a new Social Security Ruling (SSR), known as SSR 19-4p, involving headaches, which will take effect on August 26, 2019. This SSR involves primary headaches, such as migraines, rather than secondary headaches stemming from stroke, hypertension, neck injury, etc. It also provides guidelines on how to fully prepare a case involving a primary headache through the 5-Step Sequential Evaluation. Include Clear Documentation

Efficient and client-focused businesses are formed through creativity, ingenuity, and ambition. When it comes to serving the industry you work in, ambition pushes you to reevaluate how to improve your service; creativity and ingenuity guide the path to better using your skills to do so. Yet, lack of time is often a barrier to examining how we can use our time to learn, grow, and scale our business. Let’s examine how to win back time in order to make business more profitable a

Many Social Security Disability representatives in protype states are experiencing an additional level of the appeals process: the reconsideration level. As the Social Security Administration (SSA) promised, it is eliminating protype states; by 2020, all states will have the reconsideration level of the appeals process. As a Social Security Disability representative, it is important to utilize information at the reconsideration level to your advantage. Here are two strategies