I received a fully favorable decision today for one of my clients. It was an unusual case, because I never spoke with the client until just before the hearing.
The client found me in March through my Maine Social Security lawyer website, and emailed me. She has such severe anxiety that she does not use the…
A client of mine just obtained a fully favorable decision at the Reconsideration level.
In this particular case, Social Security assessed a residual functional capacity at the light exertional level. Since the claimant's past relevant work was also at the light exertional level, the claim was denied at step 4 of the sequential evaluation process. After…
I recently filed a critical case/dire need request for a client’s claim. A critical case request asks Social Security to expedite a claim at the hearing level. Critical cases are governed by HALLEX I-2-1-40.
Critical cases get priority because they are the most serious claims. There are three situations that constitute critical cases: 1)…
I talked recently with two Social Security disability claimants with chronic fatigue syndrome. One claimant had Lyme disease, the other was a cancer survivor. Both are disabled due to chronic fatigue.
Chronic fatigue syndrome does not fit neatly into the Social Security disability evaluation process. Nevertheless, chronic fatigue can certainly provide the basis for a…
A real life example of an unsuccessful work attempt may help to illustrate why this topic is so important. This example is one of my cases that is currently pending in Maine at the Reconsideration level.
This claim has an alleged onset date of 10/20/2006. However, from 5/18/2007 – 9/18/2007 this claimant returned to work…
I received a wonderful thank you note today from a client who recently received a fully favorable decision for a Social Security disability claim. The last sentence said:
The relief that I have now in knowing that I can pay my bills is tremendous.
This is a universal feeling from claimants who are awarded disability…
I received a fully favorable decision today from the Social Security Administration for one of my clients. Now, that is not unusual, but I have spent an unusual amount of time on this particular case, so it was very gratifying to get the fully favorable decision.
The client has chronic pain secondary to Lyme disease…
