Last year, the Social Security Administration (SSA) decided to stop publishing in advance the name of the administrative law judges (ALJ) assigned to hear disability cases, a move that made trying disability cases that much more difficult. Click here to read what Herndon disability attorney Doug Landau thought of that decision. We have just learned…
Continue readingYesterday we discussed “amending the onset date” in a Social Security disability case. Today we will examine last week’s case where our client had been denied benefits several times, first in Georgia and then in District of Columbia. While this middle aged woman had several serious medical conditions, she had been denied Federal disability benefits…
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Just as in dating, sometimes the date you start with is not the one you end up with ! Unrepresented Social Security Disability claimants often pick a “date of onset” for their disability on their original applications that lead to denial after denial by the Federal Government. While a disabled workers may have stopped working…
Continue readingDespite a Federal Judge’s finding that Doug Landau’s client’s “Frozen Shoulder” was NOT an impairment that meets Social Security’s medical listing, he won her case for disability benefits dating back over 2 years. The Richmond Administrative Law Judge only took 3 months to issue this partially favorable opinion for a 57 year-old woman who does…
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We are frequently asked, “What does Doug Landau do on his “road trips” away from the office in Herndon, Virginia ?” Here is the Triathlon Trial Lawyer’s agenda Friday AFTER leaving ABRAMS LANDAU for a Federal Disability trial and the United States Duathlon National Championships (he is shown here after picking up his race numbers,…
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