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…
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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Lyme disease affects close to 25,000 people each year in the United States. In 2011, 96% of all cases were reported in 13 states in the northeast and upper Midwest, including right here in Virginia. The symptoms of Lyme disease, if left untreated, can be debilitating. Unfortunately…
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The Social Security Administration has released the new numbers for 2012. The Federal Government’s disability program has increased the amounts necessary for work determinations, the payments for Supplemental Income and the maximum taxable earnings. Earnings of less than $12,120 per year may not be viewed as “substantial” such that a wage earner would be deemed…
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Disability lawyer Doug Landau is often asked about the facilities used by the Federal Government for Social Security Disability (“SSDI”) Hearings before the Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”). Herndon and Reston lawyer Landau was recently asked, “What is a Social Security Disability Hearing “Witness Room” and what happens inside ?” Landau flew from Dulles Airport, conveniently…
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