Delay On Delay

      From WFTV in Orlando:

Sarah Grimes and her husband waited more than five years for Social Security disability payments and when they didn’t come, he took his own life. She blames the government. …

Social Security always wanted more documents and never approved his benefits while he was alive.

After his death, she appealed to federal court to get his benefits and last November a judge ruled she would get his Social Security benefits. …

When WFTV last spoke with Grimes, the government was trying to figure out what she is owed from December 2020 to February 2024, but now in 2025, Grimes told Eyewitness News that the SSA has told her she will have to wait longer for her money because they are backlogged, and her case is complicated.

It’s been so long that she said she will not be able to pay her rent next month. That could mean losing her apartment and ending up living in her car. …

Social Security Sued Over Kentucky Suicides

     From WYMT:

Family members of two people who killed themselves after receiving letters from the Social Security Administration indicating their federal disability benefits were suspended are suing the agency. ...

The SSA in 2015 ordered nearly 1,800 people to attend hearings to determine whether they should continue receiving disability checks. ...

The people being forced to undergo hearings are former clients of Floyd County lawyer Eric C. Conn.

Congressional investigators suspect Conn used fraudulent information to secure the benefits.

Conn has not been charged and has denied any wrongdoing.

Social Security Law Section of FBA Posts Newsletter

     The Social Security Law Section of the Federal Bar Association has posted its Winter 2016 newsletter. There is an article on the "Reserved to the Commissioner" defense that the Social Security Administration tries to use to avoid the treating physician rule and a very interesting article on suicides among Social Security disability claimants.