Using MY tax dollars to hire expert witnesses to testify AGAINST ME in COURT ? That doesn’t seem fair! That’s the reaction of most disabled workers when they see the Hearing notice from the Federal Government with letters...
Category: Social Security
Social Security Credibility Findings Must Take Disabled Claimant’s Explanations into Account
May 18, 2015
In Social Security Disability cases, the Federal judge will question the disabled worker. To many claimants, it seems as though the judge is wearing two hats – one as prosecutor and one as adjudicator. It hardly seems...
“There’s often a huge difference between a job’s title and how it is actually performed,” notes Loudoun County disability lawyer Doug Landau. Sometimes a Manager or Supervisor is ‘hands on,’ lifting heavy...
Because the “weight of medical evidence” often determines the outcome of a Social Security Disability case, and the Federal judges must make findings justifying their decisions, how much weight they give to each doctor is...
Lyme Disease and Adult Attention Deficit Disorder Combine for Winning Social Security Disability Case
May 4, 2015
In order to win a Social Security Disability claim there must be proof of “severe” impairments. These severe impairments must disable the claimant from work that is found in both the local and the national economy. A...