As the process for social security disability claims becomes more encumbered by the number of claims and the shortage of staff and administrative law judges (ALJ), one can expect a waiting period of up to three years or more to find out if they will be awarded benefits. Even after the claimant appears before the…
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Judges should be selected from the best, brightest and experienced lawyers. Having someone sitting in judgment in a Federal court who has never actually tried the kinds of cases he or she is deciding is a recipe for disaster. However, President Trump’s executive order upends the system put in place to ensure that Federal Administrative…
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Most people may assume that if their doctors, therapists or other health care professionals write that they are “disabled from work,” they should automatically win their Social Security Disability (“SSDI”) case right off the bat. “Most people, unfortunately, are wrong,” notes Herndon disability lawyer Doug Landau, “as the Federal Government does not simply accept conclusory…
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The short answer, according to attorney Doug Landau and the disability team at Abrams Landau, Ltd. is “Yes.” Just imagine, you have to go in front of the federal administrative law judge. In addition to the judge, and two uniformed guards, there is a vocational expert who is being paid to testify against you. In…
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The short answer is “yes,” as “after discovered information” may be allowed by a judge, or the adjudicator may ask for additional information. After a Social Security Disability hearing in Falls Church, Virginia, Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau was asked for a post-hearing submission for his client who had cancer as well as mental impairments. At…
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