By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published March 30, 2026 | Posted in Social Security Disability | Tagged Tags: Past Relevant Work, Social Security, social security disability |
By William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published March 30, 2026 | Posted in Social Security Disability | Tagged Tags: Past Relevant Work, Social Security, social security disability |
What Is “Past Relevant Work” in a Social Security Disability Case—and Why Does Social Security Only Looks Back 5 Years into Your Work History? If you are applying for Social Security Disability benefits, one of the initial questions you will be asked is about your “past relevant work.” Many people are surprised to learn that Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published March 25, 2026 | Posted in Social Security Disability | Tagged Tags: FCE, Functional capacity evaluation, Social Security |
What Is a Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE) in an Alabama Workers’ Compensation Case? If you have suffered a serious job injury—particularly to your neck, back, shoulder, hips, or multiple body parts—you may eventually be told that your doctor has ordered a Functional Capacity Evaluation, commonly referred to as an FCE. For most injured workers, this Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 29, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, administrative law judge, al, alabama, alabama disability attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, ALK, Anniston, appeals council, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, attorneys, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, Clanton, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, denied, depression, disability, disability benefits, disc, disk, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, From the Files of Powell and Denny, Ft. Payne, functional, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, herniated, herniated disc, herniated disks, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville social security disability attorneys, illness, injury, Jasper, Kimberly, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, limitations, Madison, Madison County, Medicare, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, Opelika, pain, Pelham, Phenix City, physical, Powell and Denny, Scottsboro, Social Security, social security disability, SSDI, super, super lawyers, superior, Tarrant City, Tennessee Valey, Tennessee Valley Social Security Disability Lawyers, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, virtual, We Work When You Can't, work, Young, Younger Individual, zoom |
From the Files of Powell and Denny Today in “From the Files of Powell and Denny” blog, we will review a claim for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits that we handled for a resident of Madison County, AL. Our client was a younger adult-29 years old at the time of her application for disability Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 27, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, alabama disability attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, attorneys, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, centre, Clanton, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, department of labor, Department of the Treasury, disability, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Enterprise, ERISA, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, federal, Florence, free consultation, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville social security disability attorneys, income tax, Internal Revenue Service, Jasper, Kimberly, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, long-term, LTD, Madison, martindale hubbard, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, Opelika, overpayment, Pelham, pension, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Phenix City, Powell and Denny, questions, recover, right, Scottsboro, Social Security, social security disability, Social Security Disability and ERISA, SSDI, ssi, super, super lawyers, superior, supplemental security income, Tarrant City, Tennessee Valley, Tennessee Valley Social Security Disability Lawyers, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, virtual, We Work When You Can't, zoom |
Social Security Disability and ERISA Alabama Disability Attorney Social Security Disability and ERISA: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) (Pub.L. 93–406, 88 Stat. 829, enacted September 2, 1974, codified in part at 29 U.S.C. ch. 18) is a federal law that establishes minimum standards for pension plans in private industry and provides for extensive rules on the federal income tax effects of Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 20, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama disability attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, attorneys, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, centre, CFS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Clanton, coindition, contact, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, denied, disability, disabling, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, headache, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville social security disability attorneys, Jasper, Kimberly, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, low-grade fever, Madison, martindale hubbard, memory or concentration problems, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, muscle weakness, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, Opelika, painful joints, Pelham, Phenix City, Powell and Denny, questions, right, Scottsboro, Social Security, social security disability, sore throat, ssi, superior, swollen glands, symptome, Tarrant City, Tennessee Valley, Tennessee Valley Social Security Disability Lawyers, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, virtual, We Work When You Can't, zoom |
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome If you live in, Alabama and you have recently been denied Social Security Disability benefits or SSI benefits for chronic fatigue syndrome-don’t give up-contact an experienced Alabama Disability lawyer today. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a condition that causes severe and ongoing tiredness that is not improved by rest and does not Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 15, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, administrative law judge, al, alabama, alabama disability attorneys, Alabaster, Alan Blotcky, Albertville, Anniston, anxiety, appeal, appointment, Ashville, Athens, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, Clanton, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, denied, disability, Dr. Blotcky, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Federal Court, Florence, free consultation, From the Files of Powell and Denny, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville social security disability attorneys, Hypertension, illness, injury, IQ, Jasper, Jefferson County, Judge, Judge Johnson, Kimberly, learning disorder, Leeds, Lisa Johnson, Madison, Major Depressive Disorder, martindale hubbard, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, office of hearing operations, Opelika, Pelham, Phenix City, Powell and Denny, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, Scottsboro, Social Security, Social Security Administration, social security disability, SSDI, ssi, superior, supplemental security income, Tarrant City, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, U.S. District Court, virtual, We Work When You Can't, zoom |
From the Files of Powell and Denny In this week’s “From the Files of Powell and Denny” blog, I am going briefly discuss a claim for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits that we handled for a resident Bessemer, Alabama in Jefferson County which began in 2013 and which went through 2019 before our client Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 8, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama disability attorneys, alabama workers compensation attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, attorneys, bankruptcy, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, Clanton, contact, Cordova, court, Cullman, Decatur, disc, Dr. Gathier, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, From the Files of Powell and Denny, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, herniation, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, hoover workers compensation lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, Huntsville Hospital, huntsville social security disability attorneys, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, Jasper, Kimberly, L3-4, L4-5, L5-S1, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, Madison, Madison County, marijuana, martindale hubbard, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, MRI, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, North Alabama Workers Compensation Lawyers, Opelika, Pelham, penalty, permanently disabled, Phenix City, questions, right, Scottsboro, Social Security, social security disability, superior, Tarrant City, Third Base Sports Grill, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, virtual, work injury, workers compensation, zoom |
From the Files of Powell and Denny Today in “From the Files of Powell and Denny” I am reviewing a workers compensation case we handled in Madison County 20 years ago. Our client was an employee of Third Base Sports Grill in Huntsville, AL, where she worked as a waitress. On the date in question, Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 6, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama disability attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, attorneys, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, centre, claim, claim denied, Clanton, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, denied, disability, disabled, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville social security disability attorneys, Jasper, Kimberly, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, Madison, martindale hubbard, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, Opelika, Pelham, Phenix City, Powell and Denny, questions, rating, right, Scottsboro, Social Security, Social Security Administration, social security disability, superior, Tarrant City, Tennessee Valley, Tennessee Valley Social Security Disability Lawyers, The VA says I’m Disabled-so why was my claim denied, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, VA, veteran, Veterans' Administration, virtual, We Work When You Can't, work, zoom |
The VA says I’m Disabled-so why was my claim denied Alabama Disability Attorney-The VA says I’m disabled, isn’t that enough? We have dealt with this question, or something similar, many times. Those who suffered a disability associated with their service to the country generally first apply for VA disability benefits before applying for Social Security Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 4, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama disability attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Am I eligible for SSI benefits?, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, assets, Athens, attorney, attorneys, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, centre, Clanton, contact, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, denied, disability, disability attorney, disability lawyer, disabled, employment, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville social security disability attorneys, Jasper, Kimberly, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, Madison, martindale hubbard, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, national, New Hope, north alabama, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, Opelika, Pelham, Phenix City, Powell and Denny, questions, resources, right, Scottsboro, Social Security, social security disability, SSDI, ssi, superior, supplemental security income, Tarrant City, Tennessee Valley, Tennessee Valley Social Security Disability Lawyers, Toney, top, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, virtual, We Work When You Can't, zoom |
Am I eligible for SSI benefits? Am I eligible for SSI benefits? Chances are, if you are applying for Social Security Disability benefits, you will be asked if you are applying for Supplemental Security Income (SSI); these are disability benefits available-for children, or for disabled persons who have not worked long enough in the last Read More
Read MoreBy William Powell of Powell & Denny | Published July 1, 2022 | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Tags: Adger, al, alabama, alabama disability attorneys, alabama workers compensation attorneys, Alabaster, Albertville, Anniston, appointment, Ashville, Athens, attorney, attorneys, benefits, Bessemer, best, Birmingham, birmingham social security disability attorneys, birmingham workers' compensation lawyers, Boaz, Calera, Centerpoint, Clanton, Cordova, Cullman, Decatur, disability, Dr. Jack Denver, Dr. MIchael Hammer, Enterprise, Evergreen, experienced, Fairfield, Florence, free consultation, From the Files of Powell and Denny, Ft. Payne, Gadsden, Gardendale, Guntersville, Harpersville, Hartselle, hernia, hoover, Hoover Social Security Disability Lawyers, hoover workers compensation lawyers, Hueytown, huntsville, huntsville social security disability attorneys, huntsville workers compensation attorneys, injuries, Jasper, job injury, Kimberly, knee, lawyer, lawyers, Leeds, Madison, meniscus, Mobile, Monroeville, Montgomery, Morris, Muscle Shoals, New Hope, North Alabama Social Security Disability Lawyers, North Alabama Workers Compensation Lawyers, Opelika, pain, Pelham, permanent, permanently, Phenix City, physical, Powell and Denny, psychological, questions, right, Scottsboro, Social Security, social security disability, social security disability attorneys, Social Security Disability Lawyers, superior, Tarrant City, Toney, top, total, Town Creek Ardmore, Trussville, Tuscaloosa, Tuscumbia, virtual, We Work When You Can't, Woolard Brothers, work, workers compensation, workers compensation attorneys, zoom |
From the Files of Powell and Denny Today in “From the Files of Powell and Denny” I am discussing a workers compensation case that we tried in Montgomery, Alabama twenty years ago. Our client worked for Woolard Brothers, Inc., out of Montgomery, as a laborer hanging sheetrock, metal studs and doing ceiling work. Our client Read More
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