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The Agent Orange Act of 1991, which directs VA to establish presumptions of service connection for any disease discussed in the Institute of Medicine’s biennial reports to VA for which the evidence shows a positive association. The institute’s mo… Read More

Veterans who are returning from the war in Iraq and Afganistan are reporting hearing loss and tinnitus at very high rates. Several soldiers have ringing in their ears from being near bombs going off, gun shots, or riding in tanks. A damaging noise is… Read More

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 tu… Read More

Long-Term Disability companies are consistently denying claims on the basis that a client does not have sufficient objective medical evidence to be disabled when they are diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. The sad thing about this statement is… Read More

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 suffer… Read More

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 wit… Read More

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 a… Read More

Depression is one of the major reasons people apply for long-term disability. Aetna and other leading insurers are increasing their depression management services in an effort to help workers cope with the often-baffling illness. Depression is the se… Read More