Virginia workers comp lawyer Doug Landau is often asked this question. The short answer is, “NO.” Comp insurance companies may voluntarily pay for medical care or lost wages, and it seems as though they do so for commendable reasons. However, Warrenton, Bristow and Vint Hill workers compensation lawyer Landau has seen too many cases where…
Continue reading‘Catch 22’: Price of doing well is more work elsewhere By Peter Vieth” from March 24, 2008 https://valawyersweekly.com/archive.cfm?recid=433388 Most Virginia Social Security disability claimants and their attorneys have avoided the long hearing delays that recently have plagued other areas of the country. Claimants in Northern Virginia, however, often wait a year or more for their…
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What kinds of expert medical opinions did Doug Landau have to get from the doctors in order to assist his client in her Social Security Disability claim ? The ABRAMS LANDAU team was able to request and receive the treating doctor’s opinions that his patient would be able to sit and/or stand for less than…
Continue readingWhen clients have obvious loss of function, injuries resulting in amputation or other obvious deformities, the Administrative Law Judges who hear Social Security claims have objective signs supporting disability. But when there is no outward sign of injury or disability, such as with cases of brain injury, spinal cord trauma, closed head injury, or internal…
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Sometimes things go smoothly, without the usual delays and stalling tactics many Insurance Companies resort to in order to avoid paying money due ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. clients whose cases the Landau Law Shop has won. The following is the text of an actual fax received by our office. Only the names have been taken out…
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