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You Need Strong Medical Support to Win Your Long Term Disability Claim

I have had several interviews with possible clients in the past month. I have turned down many of these cases because they did not have good documentation from their treating physicians. The potentital client did his/her appeals without the help of an attorney who has knowledged of Long-Term Disability law. Without strong medical support from a your treating physician(s), it is almost impossible for a claimant to get approved for long-term disability benefits.

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Injured on the Job? Learn more about Workers' Compensation

1. If you need medical attention immediately seek a doctor. 2. Report the injury to your supervisor. Make sure that the injury is properly logged or recorded by your supervisor. 3. When getting medical attention for your injury, take note of the names of the doctors who are treating you. Remember, you are not required to see a company doctor.
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How many work credits are needed for Social Security Disability?

Social Security insured status depends completely upon quarters of coverage, a.k.a. work credits, for both fully insured and disability insured status. To be fully insured, you need at least one quarter of coverage for each year after the year you turned 21 and the earliest of the following: the year prior to your turning sixty-two, the year before you die, or the year you became disabled.

The minimum amount of quarters of coverage needed to be fully insured is six quarters of coverage and the maximum needed is forty quarters of coverage. Each year, an individual has the potential of earning four quarters of coverage through their work activity. Social Security establishes a monetary amount each year for a quarter of coverage. The amount of quarters of coverage or work credits that an individual earns has a direct affect upon their disability insured status.

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Long Term Disability - You Should Get Legal Representation Right Away

If you live anywhere in the United States and are attempting to have your Long-Term Disability benefits established, you should not simply consider calling a lawyer, you should contact a lawyer immediately. The reason you should contact and speak with a qualified long term disability attorney before your LTD claim is actually filed is because the way most Long-Term Disability plans are set administered, if you wait to consult a LTD lawyer until after been denied for Long-Term Disability benefits, it may, in some cases, be too late to win your LTD claim. And if you to speak with a LTD attorney until after you’ve already applied for benefits, you may end up giving the LTD insurance company an advantage.

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Military Divorce: 20-20-20 benefits

If you are a spouse married to a person in the military or has been in the military and you are thinking of getting a divorce you should make sure that you hire an attorney that is aware of all the possible military benefits you may be entitled to.

A former spouse who was married to the service member for at least 20 years qualifies for military benefits after the dissolution. Pursuant to 10 US Code 1072(2)(F) http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode10/usc_sec_10_00001072—-000-.html, a former spouse of a service member is defined as a dependent, and therefore entitled to all military benefits and installation privileges, including medical, commissary, military exchanges (PX/BX), etc.

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Workers’ Compensation and Representing Doctors, Hospitals and Physical Therapy Clinics in Michigan

Often doctors, hospitals and physical therapy clinics are not represented in Workers’ Compensation cases. In order for a medical provider to guarantee that their bills are going to be paid they need to file a specific form with the Workers’ Compensation bureau. Our Metro Detroit Workers’ Compensation law office represents many hospitals and doctors in Michigan Workers’ Compensation cases.
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Epilepsy and Seizures and Social Security Law

If you suffer from Epilepsy or any Seizure Disorder, you may be entitled to Social Security Disability benefits. In order to be granted Social Security Disability or SSI benefits, the epilepsy must be affecting the claimant to the point that he or she would not be able to do any kind of work.

There are two types of epilepsy that have listings for Social Security disability. First is convulsive epilepsy, Grand Mal Seizures or Generalized Seizures happen when large bursts of electrical energy go through all of the brain suddenly. Typically a person having a generalized seizure has symptoms which can result is a sudden loss of consciousness, the person may fall down, and undergo a stiffening of the muscles called tonic contractions. These are usually followed by clonic contractions in which the persons muscles cause a twitching and jerking of the persons arms and legs.

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Interstitial Cystitis and Long Term Disability

I am representing a client in a long-term disability case. She was receiving benefits for the past 13 years. The LTD carrier Matrix Absence Management cut off her LTD benefits claiming that she is unable to show any objective evidence that she suffers from Interstitial Cystitis.
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Five Reasons to Get a Prenuptial Agreement in Michigan

The top five reasons to get a prenuptial agreement in Michigan are: 1. Keep finances separate 2. Protect each other from debts
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Hepatitis C and Social Security Law

The Center for Disease Control Estimates that 3.9 million (1.8%) Americans are infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and of those infected, 2.7 million are chronically infected. Hepatitis C is a blood borne illness that causes liver disease and causes a host of symptoms that can prevent someone from working. Common symptoms of the Hepatitis C virus (HVC) include jaundice, dark urine, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, and fatigue.

The two approved drugs for treating Hepatitis C are interferon and ribavirin. The current treatment of choice for Hepatitis C is a combination therapy using pegylated interferon and ribavirin. This combination therapy can eliminate the Hepatitis C virus (HVC) in 50% and 80% of patients. However, side effects can be debilitating and include fatigue, arthritis and joint pain, vision problems, and cognitive problems.

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