You changed my life. We wanted you to know how much we appreciated being represented by you and your Law Firm. We knew nothing about the legal process and how much you actually had to do! You were thorough and explained the process and the timeline to us both. Thank you so much. Also, I was just approved for SSDI!
Sincerely,
A satisfied federal disability retirement client
We don’t give up. We recently won Social Security Disability benefits for a younger individual who had sustained a serious back injury that resulted in surgery. The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denied his application after rejecting the treating orthopedic surgeon’s opinion and found that the claimant could do sedentary work. We had to take the case to federal court. The Court eventually found that the ALJ’s decision contained legal error and remanded it for another hearing. Luckily, we were assigned a different ALJ on remand. We submitted updated medical records showing that his back still had not improved and still prevented him from working. This time the ALJ assigned to the second hearing issued a Fully Favorable Decision, allowing our client to be awarded benefits for the period of time all the way back to his accident. This client recovered well over $100,000.00 in back benefits alone.
This client retained our services for her claim for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits based on multiple medical problems including of IgA immune deficiency, myofascial pain syndrome, degenerative disc disease L-S spine, urinary incontinence, depression and generalized anxiety disorder. We helped obtain crucial medical evidence that assisted this client to win her SSD claim.
We had to go to federal court to win Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits for a client whose disability was because of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The claim was denied by an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), and again by the Appeals Council (AC). We did not give up. We filed an appeal with the federal court. Based on our legal argument, the Federal District Court reversed the denial of benefits and remanded the case for further consideration. Normally, on remand the AC sends the case back to the ALJ for a new hearing. In an unusual step, in light of the arguments of counsel and review of the record, here the AC, itself, issued a Fully Favorable Decision which resulted in an award of over four years of benefits.
This claim for disability benefits was based on a bipolar disorder. After the ALJ denied benefits, we appealed the case to the Appeals Council (AC). The decision of the ALJ was reversed based our legal arguments and a Fully Favorable Decision was issued by the AC resulting in an award of over five years of benefits.
A client with intellectual disabilities was receiving Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits since 1989. With the help and support of his family, he was also working in a sheltered workshop. In 2004 the Social Security Administration (SSA) determined that the claimant’s earnings from the sheltered workshop were too high to receive SSD, terminated the claimant’s SSD benefits, and sought collection of an overpayment of almost $60,000 going back to 1996. With the help of the claimant’s family and the sheltered workshop, counsel presented proof to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) that the SSA erred in terminating the claimant from the SSD program. The ALJ issued a Fully Favorable Decision for the claimant, reinstated the client’s benefits, and reversed the finding of an overpayment. Our firm is particularly proud of ultimately obtaining almost $80,000 in accrued benefits for this deserving client.
This client retained our services on a claim for Maryland State Disability Retirement benefits based on an orthopedic disability from a combination of stress fracture of the left tibia, fusion of the left ankle, and degenerative joint disease of the left foot due to post-polio syndrome. This client had been a classroom teacher in a public school and met the definition of disability for State Disability Retirement because she was unable to perform her own job any longer due to the fact that she could not stand for significant periods of time as required of a teacher. We helped this client obtain the medical evidence necessary to convince the State Retirement Agency to approve her claim on initial application.
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