After Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords was wounded in a mass shooting that injured 12 people in January, doctors removed a portion of the left side of her skull to prevent her brain from swelling and to halt tissue damage. This month the doctors used a hard plastic implant to repair a hole in Rep. Gabrielle…
Continue readingSome jobs are more dangerous than others. Working around the Metro trains, buses, tracks and repair garages exposes workers in Dc, Maryland and Virginia to significant risks of injury. News reports this month indicate that the DC area’s Metropolitan transportation workers are getting hurt on the job more often than their counterparts at other transit…
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My lawyer helped me file my claim and we won! But what do I actually receive? Social Security Disability and personal injury lawyer Doug Landau hears this question all the time. He knows that the official legal jargon can be difficult to decipher, so he has given us an example of a case that was recently…
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A combination of disabling conditions can be sufficient to prove a Social Security Disability claim. The disabled worker does not need to have one medical diagnosis only; we have won Federal disability cases where the claimant has several permanent injuries or chronic problems that prevent them from working. Recently, a Lovettsville client complained of nerve damage in…
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ABRAMS LANDAU received notice that the Washington, D.C. Social Security Hearing office will be moving ! Since we have a half dozen cases currently before the Administrative Law Judges (“ALJs”) at that location, it is important that our clients, their families, witnesses and friends know where to go for their all-important “Day in Court.” The…
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