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Page 18 Senior Times - May 2026Jim Haadsma, Special to Senior TimesDISABILITY CONCERNS Worker%u2019shis or her past job, then the next test is whether there are other jobs that might be done. The claimant's ability to show that he or she can't do other jobs becomes easier as the claimant becomes older. The claimant can especially more easily demonstrate disability as he or she reaches age 60 or the earlier 55.You should see a lawyer who specializes in Social Security disability to help you make an on-line Social Security disability application, or %u2013 if you've attempted the disability benefits application on your own, unsuccessfully %u2013 then hire a lawyer to make your request for reconsideration or hearing before a Social Security Administration judge. Lawyers in my law firm and I can help you successfully make your claim before the Social Security Administration. You may telephone me at (269) 968-2215; email me at jhaadsma@mccroskeylaw.com; or visit my law office at 395 South Shore Drive, Suite 308, Battle Creek, MI, 49014.I'm eager to help you if you can't do the activities that you did in springs of past years.SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITYAs I prepare this month's editorial, two of my sons are preparing to run in this year's Boston Marathon. Another son is preparing for yet another 100 gravel road miles bicycling race. You and I probably aren't going to undertake such extreme movement, even though it's spring and we can now get out more.But what if our bodies won't allow us to hike, or mow the lawn, or alternate standing and sitting for eight hours at a workstation? What if we can't tolerate an eight hour day of work without elevating our legs onto a stool, or taking a nap? What if we can't work anymore? How do we continue to receive money into our bank or credit union checking accounts, to pay our mortgages or car payments, if our employers can't accommodate our physical limitations?That's the time to consider making an online social Security Security disability benefits application with the Social Security Administration. We've all paid Social Security taxes for many years, and most of us are insured for disability with the Social Security Administration by reason of our years of work and years of Social Security taxes withholdings.The disability test for Social Security disability benefits is that a claimant can't perform his or her past relevant work, and can't do other work within his or her remaining functional physical and mental ability. The Social Security Administration now looks back five years (this used to be a 15 years lookback) at the jobs a claimant's done in that period. 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