Last year the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) decided to stop making known in advance the identity of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) assigned to hear a case. Read about why Herndon Virginia Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) lawyer Doug Landau called the move “Cowardice in Court”. In welcome news for anyone awaiting a hearing, it…
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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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After being disabled from an on the job shoulder injury, an ABRAMS LANDAU workers compensation client applied for Social Security Disability benefits. This Winchester area worker had undergone several rotator cuff repair surgeries. This, in and of itself, while limiting his return to the full range of duties required by his pre-injury job, would not…
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In several ABRAMS LANDAU Workers Compensation settlements, the parties have agreed to a compromise of the case and also submitted a Medicare Set Aside (“MSA”) so that the Social Security Administration will not be “left holding the bag”. In other words, according to Broadland and Ashburn disability lawyer Doug Landau, the Federal Government does not…
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