It is becoming harder and harder to win Social Security Disability cases with just the testimony of a disabled worker, his or her family, and other lay witnesses. So what can a claimant do in order to show a Federal Administrative Law Judge the extent of his or her disabling conditions ? The short answer,…
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With average processing times for Social Security claims hitting 511 days as of July, 2015, it is no surprise that the number of pending claims at the hearing level hit the one million mark in November of last year. In fact, the number of pending Social Security claims has continued to increase every month and…
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Where a Nurse Practitioner’s statement is submitted as evidence of disability to a Social Security Judge and the treating doctor countersigns the document, can the judge discount this medical opinion? A recent case held that discounting these opinions because the doctor merely countersigned the nurse practitioner’s statement is inconsistent with the Social Security Administration’s rules.…
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What’s the fastest turnaround time for a winning Social Security decision? With all the publicity over delays in the Federal Disability benefits system, are there cases that are decided quickly after initial denials ? Can disabled workers ever get a break, or must they wait forever for Social Security? A recent case from the Herndon…
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Can a combination of disabling conditions lead to a winning Social Security Disability case ? The short answer is ”yes.” There does not have to be one cause for disability, and in fact most clients who come to Herndon Social Security lawyer Doug Landau for help present with a number of diagnoses and symptoms. In…
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