Coye Law Social Security November 2018

Coye Law Social Security November 2018

COYE LAW

Chronicle November 2018 Edition

Wade Coye Attorney

Reflection and Preparation Should Go Hand in Hand

When I was growing up, I lived on a farm in upstate New York. It was a great place to learn the value of hard work. My father and grandfather, as well as my mother and grandmother, never took days off. They were always thinking about the next goal or the next project. It’s a lesson that sticks with me to this day, and one that I never feel more than on Thanksgiving Day. For most families, Thanksgiving is an all-day affair of feasting, football, and leisure, but that’s not the case for us. The kids, including yours truly, would wake up and do their barn chores, just as we did any other day. Once the work was done, we’d head over to my grandparents’ house for dinner. After the last slice of pie was eaten, we’d head back to the barn to finish any chores that weren’t quite done. And that’s nothing compared to the work my dad and grandfather would do.

When we meet with clients who’ve experienced an injury, they’re often hung up on what’s happened in the past. This “if only” type of thinking leads to inaction. Of course, remembering the circumstances of your injury is crucial to your case, but you can’t dwell on the past so much that it causes you to freeze. Our goal as a firm is to give you the help you need to move forward, and you can’t do that without moving on from the past. In a sense, Thanksgiving marks the end of one season and the start of another. As such, it’s important to reflect and prepare in equal measure. As you sit around the table with your loved ones this year, maybe sprinkle in a few acknowledgments of what you’re working toward in addition to what you’re grateful for. It will make Thanksgiving as much about looking forward as it is about looking back. We still go up to the farm about every other year to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family. And I still do a few chores while I’m there. Those activities are just as nostalgic for me as carving into a turkey and heaping my plate with stuffing. And for that, among many other things, I’m forever grateful.

Our goal as a firm is to give you the help you need to move forward.

You see, Thanksgiving coincides with the end of the fall harvest. You may think that makes it the perfect time for a little respite, but that’s not how it works in farming. Sometimes, you need to think six or seven months ahead to ensure your spring and summer crops are in a position to succeed. The soil, like time itself, waits for no man. You have to put in the effort every day if you want to yield the best results come harvest. Now, I don’t want to paint a picture of my childhood as a joyless existence — it was just the opposite. We always had enough time to enjoy sledding, snowball fights, and warm nights drinking hot cocoa by the fire. In fact, the work we did made the moments of fun all the sweeter. I think you need a healthy combination of reflection, recreation, and preparation in order to get the most from life.

-Wade Coye

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Disabled Veterans, Are You Struggling with the VA?

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What a “Denial for Benefits” letter looks like. How to appeal a denied claim, and much more ...

As a veteran myself, and a squared away attorney who has helped hundreds of veterans with their disability claims, I know firsthand just how drawn out the process can be. I realized that many veterans do not have access to solid, honest information about veterans’ disability benefits and I wanted to change that. So I wrote the book on it, “Standby to Standby: Why Your Veteran Benefits Are Taking So Long and What You Can Do About It.”

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After all, the better you understand the system, the quicker you can receive the benefits you deserve.

From “Standby to Standby” you will learn … • Five things you can do to move your case along faster. • Why it takes so long to receive a decision. • Six tips for writing an email to your congressman and/or senator about your claim. • How to create and authenticate your eBenefits account. • What an “Awarded Benefits” letter looks like.

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-Wade Coye U.S. Army, Infantry 1/41st Infantry Battalion, 2nd Armored Division

9 Crucial Digits The Importance of Your Social Security Number

history, reports your wage to the government, keeps track of payroll deductions for old age, survivors, and disability insurance, and most importantly, checks your eligibility for Social Security benefits. Some institutions even use your Social Security number as your student ID. Without your Social Security number, there is no way for the government to verify if you are eligible for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income. It is the best way to track your work, credit, and taxation history. Keeping your SSN safe and ready-at-hand isn’t just beneficial when you need to apply for Social Security; it’s also one of the best ways to protect your identity. Because of its connection to so many accounts and so much information, SSNs are often the easiest way for identity thieves to compromise victims and steal their personal >Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4

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