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Social Security Administrative Law Judges Cannot Rely on Opinions of Single Decision Makers to Grant or Deny Social Security Benefits In a memorandum to all Regional Chief Administrative Law Judges, Acting Associate Chief Administrative Law Judge John P. Costello...
Birth Defects Linked to ZofranThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved GlaxoSmithKline's prescription drug, Zofran, to prevent nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery. Seeing a favorable response from cancer patients,...
WHAT IS A RATING CODE SHEET AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? When a veteran receives a rating decision from the VA, one document that should be included, but is often omitted, is a rating code sheet. A rating code sheet provides information on a number of important matters....
Consultative Examinations for Social Security DisabilityIn many cases, Social Security will pay for you to see a doctor. This is called a consultative examination. Sometimes it is with an internal medicine doctor. Other times it is a specialist, such as a...
Transvaginal MeshIn 2012, the Food and Drug Administrative (FDA) issued an urgent advisory warning for serious complications relating to transvaginal mesh and bladder slings. Transvaginal mesh was created to permanently fix pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary...
NEW VA NOTICE OF DISAGREEMENT PROCESS Effective tomorrow, March 24, 2015, the VA will require veterans who disagree with a VA rating decision to file a VA Form 21-0958 Notice of Disagreement. The VA will no longer accept Notices of Disagreement that are not...
Interim BenefitsAfter a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), the ALJ will issue a decision on whether or not a person applying for Social Security disability is disabled. If the ALJ finds the Claimant to be disabled, the ALJ will issue a Fully Favorable...
Your Dependents May Be Eligible to Receive Benefits if You Are on Disability A lot of people do not know about important benefits that are available to the dependents of a disabled worker. That means that if you are disabled and received Disability Insurance...
NEW VA CLAIMS PROCESSBeginning March 24, 2015, the VA will institute a new process for filing claims for disability compensation. The new VA claims process will require the use of standardized forms to begin a claim. The new policy is a change from the informal claims...
Workers Compensation Benefits Can Reduce Your Social Security Disability BenefitsIt is not uncommon for clients to file for Social Security disability benefits after suffering a serious on-the-job injury. Social Security is, after all, directly connected to whether...