Stand by for news! A new client informed me that Paul Harvey had died. Why was I talking to my new client about Paul Harvey when we were discussing her disability case? I knew that if she had heard radio legend Paul Harvey’s show, The Rest of the Story, she could learn and understand an [...]
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“The Rest of The Story” Man Dies
March 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Attorney Representation, General, Hearings
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Preparation the Key to Success in Disability Hearings
February 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Attorney Representation, General, Hearings, SSA
At the meeting in my office the day before her hearing, my client was stunned to see that the medical records we had submitted in her case were over a foot high. “You know more about me than anyone else,” she said. “You have been there with me every step of the way. I could [...]
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What Is Your Level of Pain?
February 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Hearings, Medical Impairment, Medical Treatment
That is what the nurse was asking me recently as I lay in my hospital bed after my surgery. She wanted me to rate my pain from 0 to 10. I had pushed the button for the nurse and asked her for another morphine shot. I knew it was time to have it by the [...]
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What kind of ‘eye witness’ are you?
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Attorney Representation, General, Medical Impairment, SSA
When will I ever learn? Upon return from my vacation, I started to get the sniffles. Sneezing. A summer cold, I thought. Coughing. I went to work on Monday and was determined to get started on getting caught up from being gone a week. Mid-afternoon I was really slowing down, but I pressed on, even [...]
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The Whole Truth
July 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Attorney Representation, General, Hearings, Medical Impairment, Rules, SSA
Sometimes claimants forget that in the questions that Social Security asks, they are always really asking: “how does your medical impairment keep you from working?” Social Security asks a lot of questions about what you do during the day. These types of questions are about your activities of daily living. The idea is that if [...]
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