Posts tagged social security

• Can you apply for Unemployment AND Social Security Disability at the same time ?

  Doug Landau | December 05, 2010 11:01 PM | 4 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Although some commentators are of the opinion that there may be risks if a claimant applies for BOTH Unemployment Insurance benefits and Social Security Disability (SSDI) benefits at the same time,...

• DC Social Security Doctor's Fraudulent Exam Leads to Remand

  Doug Landau | February 16, 2012 6:09 AM | 3 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  The Social Security Administration often hires doctors to examine disability claimants, review their medical records and even come and testify against these wage earners who had paid into this...

• Dissociative Identity Disorder and Social Security Disability

  Melissa Landau | July 08, 2011 12:08 PM | 3 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Happy Social Security clients often write to us to tell us how we have helped, what solutions we have offered that worked and what benefits they have received from the Federal, State and local...

• Social Security Disability claimants: know your lawyer, know you're ready for your day in court

  Doug Landau | November 19, 2010 10:58 AM | 3 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Trying two Social Security Disability cases on the same morning in DC requires a lot of preparation. We had invested time, resources and money in our clients' spinal cord injury cases and felt ready...

• The Social Security Denial Saga

  Melissa Landau | August 12, 2009 2:36 PM | 2 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The San Francisco Chronicle published a story today covering a $500 million settlement between the Federal government and 80,000 Social Security recipients. Based on a law which denies benefits to...

• Social Security Disability lag- how to get the benefits you deserve

  Melissa Landau | June 19, 2009 1:23 PM | 2 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The lag in processing of Social Security Disability claims is an issue we at Abrams Landau have been dealing with for years. In 2007 Mr. Landau posted a blog with statistics on such claims. At the...

• Because Social Security Disability fees are capped, clients get extra money !

  Doug Landau | March 23, 2012 6:19 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  Who doesn't like a government refund check ?!!? Unexpected money is often the best kind to receive. When clients get winning Social Security Disability decisions in the mail, they are happy....

• Half price DC Social Security Disability Lawyer ?

  Doug Landau | March 19, 2012 4:24 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  How much ? How Hard ? How Long ? Those are the three best questions clients and their family members ask Herndon Reston area disability lawyer Doug Landau. For the first question, there is good...

• Social Security Won;t Tell You Who You Judge Is Anymore !

  Doug Landau | February 15, 2012 6:08 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  The Federal Government is no longer going to identify its judges before disabled workers' and their families day in court. Always leery when people do not identify themselves, the Social...

• Social Security Expands Compassionate Allowances List

  Doug Landau | February 14, 2012 6:35 AM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  The Federal Social Security Administration has announced the addition of over a dozen new conditions to its Compassionate Allowances list. There are now a total of 113 Compassionate Allowances...