Can I get a permanency rating before I get my hip, knee or shoulder replacement? The short answer is “yes.” Experienced workers compensation lawyer Doug Landau notes that if an injured worker had a leg amputation, even with a prosthetic device, they still have had a 100% loss of the limb. Therefore, they should get…
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The details in this case are hard to believe. It would stand to reason that if a person is legally blind, a claim for Social Security disability benefits would be a slam dunk. But in this case, that is not what happened. Instead, in the case of this 59-year old, wage earning Georgia woman whose…
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WFVA AM 1230 Fredericksburg was the scene of injury lawyer Doug Landau’s latest public speaking engagement. Invited by host (and experienced personal injury lawyer John “Jack” Harris of HARRIS & HARRIS), Landau talked about Virginia Workers Compensation law, claims, mistakes, time limits, as well as Social Security Disability and Negligence lawsuits.The DJ also asked the ABRAMS…
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Herndon Reston area Workers Comp injury lawyer Doug Landau notes that since the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission (“VWC”) does not hold Hearings in Court houses as often as it did 20 years ago, it is important to know where you are going and that the place of your Hearing may not look like the local…
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