press release<\/a> from the Social Security Administration states the ruling found the WEP should not be applied to claims where the applicant is also receiving Old Age Benefits from the National Insurance Institute of Israel. The agency also provides information as far as how such cases should now be handled.<\/p>\nAt Newlin Disability, we are aware of how complex the laws that oversee Social Security Disability benefits can be. That\u2019s why our team encourages anyone who is considering applying for benefits or who has a claim that was denied in the past to discuss their potential legal rights to compensation with a qualified legal representative. Doing so will help ensure you get the maximum benefits you\u2019re entitled to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There are many factors that can affect the amount you receive in Social Security Disability benefits, but one that is currently receiving national attention is the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The WEP is a law that was created as a means to reduce the primary insurance amount of an individual\u2019s Disability Insurance Benefits for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51,50],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5231,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531\/revisions\/5231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newlindisability.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}