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Social Security Disability lawyer Landau returns to law shop after successful Hearing in Washington, D.C.

The Social Security Administration is converting to electronic files. Exhibits are sent to disability lawyers like Doug Landau ahead of an Administrative Law Judge Hearing. However, when medical records, exhibits or other evidence is not submitted in in a timely manner, these documents cannot be scanned into the system for review by the judge, SSA…

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Any exercise you do, can and will be used against you in a court of law ! Federal judge uses exercise prescription to deny Social Security benefits !

In this case, the Federal Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that the fact that the plaintiff’s treating doctor prescribed exercise as part of her treatment regimen indicated that she was not disabled. On appeal, the Federal District Court found that recommending to a morbidly obese individual that she try to lose weight through exercise, “is…

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