SGA Amount for 2010 will be $1,000

By Gordon Gates on October 20, 2009

The SSA published its annual fact sheet last week. The SSA's official acknowledgement that there would be no COLA next year got most of the attention. However, there will be a new SGA amount for 2010. The new SGA amount will be $1,000 per month.

Finally, a number that is easy to divide!

Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) is considered at step 1 of Social Security's sequential evaluation.

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Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients…

Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients with initial applications for disability benefits, with appeals of denied claims, and with hearings by an administrative law judge.

Gordon has successfully appealed unfavorable administrative law judge decisions the Social Security Appeals Council and to U.S. District Court (District of Maine) to have those claims remanded for new hearings.

Gordon attended Maine Maritime Academy and Tulane University Law School. At Tulane, he served as Senior Articles Editor of the Tulane Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. He was admitted to practice law in Maine in 1991. Since 2005, he has concentrated his law practice on Social Security disability and SSI cases.

Gordon is the publisher of Social Security Disability Lawyer, a nationally-read legal blog. He presented at the Fall 2010 conference of National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) on the topic of Writing Hearing Briefs for the ALJ.

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SGA Amount for 2010 will be $1,000

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