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Getting Ready for Your Social Security Disability Hearing – Part III
It is not necessary for you to dress up for the hearing. The Judge needs to see you as you normally appear. This is an opportunity for you to describe your problems, not try to make a temporary good impression that doesn’t accurately reflect your daily life. Dress simply and…
Getting Ready for Your Social Security Disability Hearing – Part II
During the course of your claim the medications prescribed by your doctors always change. When you receive the hearing notice, it is always a good idea to notify your attorney of your current treatment regimen. In addition, the side effects caused by your medication can have a significant impact on…
Getting Ready for Your Social Security Disability Hearing – Part I
As soon as you receive a notice that your hearing has been scheduled, please contact your attorney immediately. This is necessary to ensure that up to date medical records and information is available to the Administrative Law Judge who will hear your case. It also gives a final opportunity to…
Post-Hearing Medical Examinations
Occasionally, a Judge will have a question about the claimant’s medical status that comes up during the hearing, which he/she does not believe is properly addressed in the existing medical evidence. This will result in the scheduling of a post-hearing consultative examination paid for by the Social Security Administration. While…
Travel Expenses
If a claimant has to travel more than 75 miles one way to a hearing they can receive reimbursement for expenses. If travel expenses are requested, a form must be filled out and submitted to the Social Security Administration.
Video Hearings
Increasingly, the Social Security Administration is conducting hearings by video. Whether or not this makes sense in your case is a matter to discuss with your attorney. Sometimes, your lawyer’s familiarity with the local judges outweighs any possible benefit of a slightly quicker hearing date with a judge from another…
Unemployment Insurance and Social Security Disability
The receipt of unemployment insurance during a time period of claimed disability often comes up in social security disability hearings. A problem exists because in order to obtain unemployment benefits, a person must certify that he/she is “willing and able to work.” While the law does not prohibit this from…
Using Your Own Vocational Expert
Occasionally, especially for claimants who are also receiving workers’ compensation benefits, it may be possible to utilize vocational expert testimony from the workers’ compensation or personal injury case in the social security claim. This vocational expert is generally “friendly” to the claimant is more likely to provide the kind of…
Medical Expert Witnesses
Occasionally, a Judge will ask an independent doctor to testify at a social security disability hearing. This is done either in person or on a conference call. Questioning the medical expert is a matter for your attorney to handle. It has been my experience that it is often possible to…
How Many Witnesses Should Testify at a Hearing?
At first, it would seem wise to have several witnesses testify at a social security disability hearing. However, this is usually not a good idea. Judges hate long hearings and repetitive testimony. Also, there is a risk that a witness will say something different then the claimant, thus damaging credibility.…
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