Every other Friday, I publish a selection of recent posts from the Social Security disability blogs:
Here is a hearing brief from a recent case, with changes made to protect the privacy of the claimant. This brief led to a fully favorable on the record decision.
U.S. Administrative Law Judge
Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Social Security Administration
1750 Elm Street, suite 303
Manchester, NH 03104
Also filed
1. Be a Professional
Do the best job possible for your client. Just getting the medical records, a medical source statement, and attending the hearing with the client is not enough. Your opening statement to the judge may be forgotten by the time the next hearing starts.
A Social Security disability claim may have 30
In a recent post entitled Treatment Records, New York disability attorney Jeffrey Delott stated:
Treatment notes basically serve as a way to remind the physician of things she or he may need to remember at a follow up visit. Many relevant physical exam findings are not included either because, for example, they may have
I have written before about Social Security early retirement benefits versus disability, but the issue is worth revisiting. If you are approaching age 62, and are not working, please read this article.
Many people who are approaching the early retirement age of 62 are unable to continue their employment due to a physical
If you are approaching age 62 (or have reached age 62), and can no longer perform your job, please read this short article.
Many people who are approaching the early retirement age of 62 are unable to continue their employment due to a physical or mental condition. Typically, they just take the early retirement
I gave this presentation at the Fall Conference of the National Organization of Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) in Chicago on September 24, 2010.
The Portland, Maine ODAR has required a hearing memorandum since 2006. Prior to scheduling a hearing, the claimant’s representative receives a letter from the Chief Judge. That letter states in part:
The judge
Every other Friday, I publish a selection of posts from the Social Security disability blogs:
There is an excellent article in the Los Angeles Times entitled When pain becomes chronic. Here is an excerpt:
Pain is usually a symptom of something else — a scraped knee, a broken arm, appendicitis. Treating the pain makes the patient less miserable, but it’s just a stopgap measure until the underlying problem is
Social Security must evaluate a claimant’s ability to work on a regular and continuing basis at steps 4 and 5 of the sequential evaluation. A “regular and continuing basis” means 8 hours a day, for 5 days a week, or an equivalent work schedule (essentially, full-time work). See Social Security Ruling 96-8p and POMS