Disability Blog Roundup – Twelfth Night Edition

By Gordon Gates on January 5, 2012

Here is the first 2012 edition of the Disability Blog Roundup, which provides links every other week to notable articles regarding Social Security disability.

Please also check out my best blog posts of 2011, if you haven't done so already.

The top four reasons why Social Security Disability cases are denied at the initial and reconsideration stages of review by Geri Kahn
Blaming the Victim for Being Disabled is Ignorant and Unfair by Gabe Hermann
How Important Are Medical Records When Applying For Social Security Disability? by Declan Gourley
ALJ Unknown by Gordon Gates
New Social Security Rule Prohibits Multiple Pending Applications by Vaughn Clauson

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Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients…

Gordon Gates specializes in Social Security disability law, and he handles claims at every level of the Social Security disability claim process. He assists clients with initial applications for disability benefits, with appeals of denied claims, and with hearings by an administrative law judge.

Gordon has successfully appealed unfavorable administrative law judge decisions the Social Security Appeals Council and to U.S. District Court (District of Maine) to have those claims remanded for new hearings.

Gordon attended Maine Maritime Academy and Tulane University Law School. At Tulane, he served as Senior Articles Editor of the Tulane Law Review and graduated magna cum laude. He was admitted to practice law in Maine in 1991. Since 2005, he has concentrated his law practice on Social Security disability and SSI cases.

Gordon is the publisher of Social Security Disability Lawyer, a nationally-read legal blog. He presented at the Fall 2010 conference of National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) on the topic of Writing Hearing Briefs for the ALJ.

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