Hoglund Law Blog

In the 40-year history of Freddie Mac’s Primary Mortgage Market Survey, interest rates on a 30-year fixed-rate loan is the lowest it has ever been.  Just in time for the holidays, the mortgage rate on a 30-year mortgage is now 3.94%.  Mortgage rates have been falling over the entire year, and since the beginning of [...]

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Earlier in the year, the Social Security Administration in Baltimore decided to implement changes in the federal disability benefits program to reduce the straining backlog of applications.  The Social Security Administration implemented new medical examination policies, which Social Security Administration spokesman Mark Hinkle contends, “decisions are timelier… but this does not mean we are sacrificing [...]

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In a two decade long study, 177,184 women between the ages of 42 and 67 were followed as part of the Nurse’s Health Study.  One of the remarkable findings of the study was the increased likelihood of developing type-2 diabetes as the result of periodic night shift work.  Nurses who worked periodic night shifts for [...]

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Is the Social Security Disability Program Facing Insolvency? Over the past few years, Social Security’s disability program has seen an increase in applications, largely due to the loss of almost 7 million jobs in the economy. Applications for Social Security generally increase when the economy is bad, because many disabled people lose their jobs and [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi, my name is Andrew Kinney.  I’m an attorney at Hoglund Law offices.  I practice Social Security Disability Law.  Today I wanted to talk about past relevant work. It’s a phrase that Social Security uses a lot. It means the work you used to do within the last 15 years.  Why is past relevant [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi my name is Andrew Kinney and I’m a Social Security attorney at Hoglund Law offices.  Today I wanted to talk about submitting evidence after your social security hearing. Social security has hearings for people who are applying for disability insurance and supplemental security income.  First, there is an application, in most cases [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi, my name is Andrew Kinney.  I’m an attorney at Hoglund Law offices.  I practice Social Security Disability Law.  Today I wanted to talk about why age matters in social security claims. We help many, many people.  Some are younger some are older.  Social Security Law treats older people differently, specifically people over [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi, my name is Andrew Kinney.  I practice Social Security Law at Hoglund Law offices.  Today I wanted to talk about the 5 top things you need to know about your Social Security hearing. Number one:  Why do you have a Social Security hearing?  Well at the Social Security process you have an [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi, my name is Andrew Kinney.  I’m an attorney at Hoglund Law offices.  I practice Social Security Disability.  Today I’m going to talk a little more about cases involving borderline intellectual functioning. I have a previous video that discusses the basics of how social security uses definitions of disability to defining impairments with [...]

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