One recurrent question clients and their families ask is, “Why does the federal government take so long to get to, and then decide, our Social Security Disability case?” A huge number of cases are filed each year, and there are several stages at which they can be denied or delayed. As the graph on page…
Continue readingForgive me. I am one of those people who need a picture or diagram to understand process and procedure. A diagram or flow chart enables me to grasp multi-step processes and then explain them to my clients. For example, I show the steps necessary to prevail in a Social Security Disability Income claim as a…
Continue readingWith the advent of the Medicare Coordination of Benefits (COB) section, counsel for the claimants must consider and work with Medicare issues in nearly every Workers Compensation settlement. COB’s mandate, to enforce federal statutes and regulations so as to recover health care payments by the Medicare program during the pendency of an injury claim or…
Continue readingAn ABRAMS LANDAU client who was partially disabled after back surgery relocated to California from Maryland. She then had a brain aneurysm which rendered her totally disabled. When the Insurance Company tried to cut off her benefits, the Workers Compensation Commission ruled in favor of the employee. The Commission found that as she was disabled…
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