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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Even before he started trying cases in 1984, Doug Landau was an active participant in the annual Law Day USA Proceedings. In the 1980s, then law student Landau gave an annual Law Day USA address for the American Bar Association (ABA) program in downtown Miami, Florida. When lawyer Landau returned to Northern Virginia, he continued…
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The Herndon office of Abrams Landau, Ltd. is smack dab in the middle of a lot of ongoing construction! Clients and co-counsel need to be aware that not only are the streets undergoing significant renovation, the sidewalks being completely redone, and the rainwater system reconfigured, but even the neighboring houses are being affected by the…
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Can a Virginia worker “double dip” while receiving Worker’s Compensation weekly wage loss benefits? “No” according to Reston and Herndon area workers comp lawyer Doug Landau. The injured worker who is getting a full weekly wage loss (“indemnity”) check, cannot also get a full permanency check at the same time. However, if an injured worker…
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