Strategies for winning

Give Social Security Judges Clear Answers to Simple Questions
Recently I tried a disability case that demonstrates the importance of testifying clearly about your activity limitations. My case involved a gentleman with chronic back pain. During our pre-hearing meeting in my office two weeks prior to the hearing, I reviewed with my client the likely questions that would be asked by the judge at the hearing. Among the questions that we discussed were questions about his capacity for walking, standing and sitting. (…)

How Does a Judge Resolve Unclear or Conflicting Medical Evidence in a Disability Hearing?
Mr. Ginsberg,
I am a dwm 45, no children, no criminal record, no drug/alcohol problems. I have been diagnosed to have Major Depression, Generalized Anxiety, Schizoid Personality Disorders. (…)

Survivor of Traumatic Brain Injury Considers Applying for Disability 35 Years After Accident
In 1972 at age16 I sustained head injuries from a motorboat propeller resulting in lobectomy to my right frontal and parietal lobes. (…)

Perceptive Judge Overcomes Poorly Prepared Vocational Witness
Yesterday, I appeared with a client at a video hearing with a judge from West Virginia. This was actually our second hearing - the first hearing was held in August, 2006. My client applied for benefits in July, 2003, which means that his case has been pending over 3 1/2 years. During that time, my client and his wife had to file bankruptcy and he has exhausted all of his pension and 401(k) money.
My client worked for a large airline for almost 20 years and back in 2001, he began experiencing severe pain (neuropathy) in his feet and legs. He subsequently fell and broke his left hip and he currently needs a knee replacement. He is also severely depressed and basically spends his days trying to find a comfortable position. (…)

What are the "Grid" Rules and Where Can I Find Them?
Jonathan, what are the grid rules you mentioned? (why is your case easier to win if you are over 50)? (…)

54 Year Old With Multiple Medical Problems - What Strategy Will Work Best at a Hearing
Hi, i am waiting to see a judge ,my lawyer say's it should be between now an aujust which would be 16 mths.since i filed appeal. (…)

How I Won a Disability Hearing for a Deceased Claimant
With delays in the Social Security disability adjudication process taking as long as three years, it is inevitable that a claimant will pass away while waiting for a hearing. Today, I tried a disability case for one of those individuals. (…)

Can a Claimant's Testimony at a Hearing Ruin a Case?
Can something I say at my Disabilty hearing cause me to lose my case? (…)

Diabetic husband has been struggling for years - has hearing in a few weeks
my husband has juvielle diabetes, depression, numbness in feet, and he can’t do the same work he used to do he has to see a judge in a couple of weeks. He put off getting a lawyer. (…)

ADHD Child SSI claim
Ii just got custody of my nephew from cps and he has been in residential treatment centers in fort worth, we had him tested thru the school system and discovered that he is emotional disturbed and has adhd and boplar disorder2 and also has obsessive defiant disorder we also learned that we had to put him in special education classes because of an issue that he was acting out inappropriately in class(taking his clothes off in front of the other students in the class) The school system suggested that we try to apply for benefits. (…)