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...
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Amend the Onset Date to Win the Disability Case
November 13, 2011
Yesterday 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...
Amending the “Onset Date” for Social Security Disability
November 13, 2011
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...
Social Security Disability lawyer Landau returns to law shop after successful Hearing in Washington, D.C.
September 19, 2009
The Social Security Administration is converting to electronic files. Exhibits are sent to disability lawyers like Doug Landau ahead of an Administrative Law Judge Hearing. However, when medical records, exhibits or other...
Despite 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...