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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
In most Social Security disability hearings, judges call on expert witnesses called “vocational experts” to help them evaluate your capacity for working. As a general r ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
In my Social Security disability practice I frequently see clients who have filed for unemployment at the same time they have filed for disability. On the surface, this ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
I recently received the following question from a blog reader who asked a very interesting question:
I just had my second hearing with administrative judge and wante ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
If you have received a claim denial notice from Social Security, you are familiar with the language used in these denials:
We have determined that your condition i ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
A federal circuit court of appeals has awarded a widow 30 years worth of past due benefits on her late husband’s claim. The case involved the claim of Dr. Richard Frush ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
At some point in your Social Security disability case – usually during the initial application evaluation, but possibly later – Social Security will send you out for a “ ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
For as long as I have been in practice, I have advised my clients that if they received an unfavorable hearing decision, they could file an appeal with the Appeals Counc ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
My colleague (and fellow Tulane Law School alumni!) Gordon Gates, a Social Security disability lawyer who practices in Maine and New Hampshire, recently wrote me to let ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
I regularly get phone calls or emails from potential clients who tell me that they “want to apply for SSI.” In some respects “filing for SSI” has become a shorthand phr ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
In my law practice, I handle both Social Security disability cases and consumer bankruptcy matters. As such, I regularly get calls from other attorneys and potential c ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
My colleague, San Francisco California Social Security disability attorney Geri Kahn, publishes an interesting and thoughtful Social Security disability blog that I read ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
With disability claims taking 2 to 3 years to wind through the disability adjudication system, I often get the question from my clients "is it okay if I try to work" or "i ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
Over the past six months, I have experienced six (6) separate instances of significant problems arising from SSA personnel losing documents or failing to send out notice ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
One of the "dirty little secrets" well known to Social Security lawyers relates to the importance of which judge is assigned to hear your case. The tendencies of the j ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
Here is a question I received from a multiple sclerosis patient who is preparing to apply for Social Security disability and is hoping to win her case early.
Jonat ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
Earlier this month I received an email asking about initial application procedures from a gentleman who had visited my Georgia disability web site. This person had not ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
If you haven't already noticed, physicians are working harder for less money. I expect this trend to continue, especially with the government getting more involved in s ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
Recently, I represented a claimant afflicted with cancer who clearly met Social Security's definition of disability – she had a medically determinable condition that precl ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
Joel Ban
Attorney Joel Ban, a Utah lawyer who handles both Social Security disability and Veterans Disability claims recently posted a concise and informative arti ...
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Posted in: Blog Posts in Physical & Mental Disabilities
On October 13, 2010, SSA announced new rules effective on November 12, 2010 that will allow SSA personnel to fast track disability claims. Now there are two programs t ...
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