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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Using MY tax dollars to hire expert witnesses to testify AGAINST ME in COURT ? That doesn’t seem fair! That’s the reaction of most disabled workers when they see the Hearing notice from the Federal Government with letters to “Medical Experts” and “Vocational Experts” advising them they will be giving evidence at the Administrative Law…
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Individuals who have either filed for Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) and are awaiting review, or are already collecting SSDI benefits, are naturally wondering how the October 1, 2013 shutdown of the government will affect them. The Social Security Administration (SSA) will continue limited service in its Offices of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODARs). …
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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 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…
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