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Brad Thomas Disability Newsletter

Actionable tips, case insights, and updates to support you through every step of the disability claim process.

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List Facilities, Not Your Doctors

How you list your providers decides whether the SSA can actually get your records.

Brad Thomas

Aug 3, 2026

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One Illness Away From Losing Everything

If you don’t have savings or a strong support network, the wait alone can cost you everything.

Brad Thomas

Jul 27, 2026

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2 min read

Disability Gets Easier to Win After 50

Before 50 you have to rule out every desk job in the country. After 50, that flips.

Brad Thomas

Jul 20, 2026

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2 min read

Moderate Limitations Can Win Disability Cases

Vocational experts say you need to focus for two-hour stretches to hold a job, that opens a door.

Brad Thomas

Jul 13, 2026

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2 min read

Proving You'd Miss Too Much Work to Hold a Job

A judge can doubt how you feel, but a file full of appointment dates is harder to wave away.

Brad Thomas

Jul 6, 2026

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2 min read

Seven Job Accommodations That Become Disability Evidence

There’s a specific SSA form that turns your old employer’s memory into evidence.

Brad Thomas

Jun 29, 2026

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2 min read

How to Answer “Why Can’t You Work” at Your Hearing

The reason you give has to come back to your health, not your circumstances.

Brad Thomas

Jun 22, 2026

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2 min read

Medication Side-Effects Win Disability After 50

Dizziness, grogginess, and trouble focusing aren’t just side effects, they can be the proof you can’t go back to your old work.

Brad Thomas

Jun 15, 2026

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2 min read

Two Words That Make Your Walker or Cane Count

Without this note in your chart, the SSA won’t treat your assistive device as evidence at all.

Brad Thomas

Archive

List Facilities, Not Your Doctors

One Illness Away From Losing Everything

Disability Gets Easier to Win After 50

Moderate Limitations Can Win Disability Cases

Proving You'd Miss Too Much Work to Hold a Job

Seven Job Accommodations That Become Disability Evidence

How to Answer “Why Can’t You Work” at Your Hearing

Medication Side-Effects Win Disability After 50

Two Words That Make Your Walker or Cane Count

Brad Thomas Disability Newsletter