Expert Interview Series: Sheri Abrams on Social Security Disability

Expert Interview Series: Sheri Abrams on Social Security Disability

May 16, 2016 | by Kathleen Coxwell

Originally published in NewRetirement.com

An illness or injury can totally derail the best laid retirement plans, making it difficult or impossible to earn an income. In 2014, 2.5 million Americans applied for Social Security Disability. But only 810,973 were granted disability payments. What happened? What went wrong?

Government agencies can be tricky to navigate at the best of times, let a...