Traumatic brain injury is any injury that causes an external mechanical force and creates brain dysfunction. There are various levels of traumatic brain injuries from very mild concussion like symptoms to very serious symptoms, life altering symptoms and even death. In more serious traumatic brain injuries you will see bruising, torn tissues, bleeding and other […]

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There are two basic types of service connections. There’s direct service connection and there’s secondary service connection.

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The insurance company that insures your particular employer is obligated by Pennsylvania state law to either accept or deny your work injury claim within 21 days.

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In a country with millions of miles of roads and approximately 253 million cars, car accidents are an unfortunate fact of life. In the US alone, over 37,000 people die in road crashes every year. And nearly 2 and a half million Americans are injured or disabled in car accidents annually. The effects of road crashes are often long-term and far-reaching.

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“How do I file for Disability?” There’s a few different ways. I think the easiest way is to call Social Security, your local Social Security office, and to make an appointment.

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Scuttlebutt Network a voice of veterans for veterans. It’s on 106.5 FM in Mobile, Alabama. We’re also on the internet and we have a podcast, it’s FM talk 106.5.

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Having an attorney or non-attorney representative to assist you is really in your best interest. It really is difficult to understand the process of having a Social Security disability claim and all that goes into it. You throw in a mental impairment, physical problems, lack of social support, family support, and all of the issues that go with that and it can be just really overwhelming, so having a representative really allows them to focus on handling these issues for you.

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Attorney Jennifer Caldwell Byrd of Gardberg & Kemmerly talks about veterans disability law and the importance of making sure the VA has been notified of your dependents if you are receiving disability benefits.

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Victory Health Partners is a medical clinic. We take care of low- and moderate-income adults who don’t have health insurance.

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Obtaining Social Security Disability Benefits is a long process. It takes a long time, and so the sooner you get started, the sooner you get benefits.

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Ruling 18-3P went into effect October 29 of 2018, and it is effective on any decisions that Social Security makes after that date. It means that someone can be denied benefits if he or she does not follow the prescribed treatment that their doctors have ordered or said that they needed without good cause.

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The Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims is a federal court that is specifically there to adjudicate claims from the Board of Veterans Appeals. So if you have a decision from the Board of Veterans Appeals, you went to your hearing or you didn’t request a hearing but let’s say you get denied for whatever the issue may be, your next step if you don’t want to file a motion for reconsideration with the Board is to appeal to the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

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Starting on February 19 of 2019, basically if you get a statement of the case or a supplemental statement of the case, then you are eligible to opt-in to the Appeals Modernization Act, which gives you various different, new tracks that you can go to for your appeals.

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When you file for Social Security Disability, not only do they have to consider if you’re disabled, but they also have to look at the work that you’ve performed, and if you can still perform that work. And then, they also have to look and see if there’s other jobs that you could perform out there in the national economy.

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Disability Representative Noell Black of Gardberg & Kemmerly talks about Social Security Disability Hearings, things you need to know as well as pitfalls to avoid.

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3M settled with the US government for 9.1 million dollars. The lawsuit was based on a whistle blower who actually notified the government that 3M was selling these earplugs that they were under a defense contract with the US government to provide and with known defects.

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A Widow’s Disability Benefit is usually for people that, if they have not worked, but they’ve had a spouse that has recently passed away, they can draw off of their spouse’s work record as opposed to their work record. It’s good especially if a spouse was making more than the person that is disabled, they are able to draw off of that spouse’s earnings record.

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The Compassionate Allowances Program was developed by social security for the people that have these really rare, aggressive illnesses that would obviously meet the disability requirements. It was developed in order for them to kind of speed up that system. Instead of getting benefits in months, it potentially could only take days or weeks.

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All our clients come in and get a blue folder. It has some resources and Catholic Social Services and some other things that help with bills and stuff all during the year, but during the holidays for specific holiday help, I think the Salvation Army is one of the greatest resources that we have here on the Gulf Coast.

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Military veterans benefits are also going up with the cost of living increase for 2019. That includes retired military veterans, VA rates for compensation claims, and pension claims for disabled veterans and surviving families.

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The RAMP program is an acronym for the Rapid Appeals Modernization Program.

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If you’re a qualified surviving spouse and, in some cases but much more rare cases, if you have a qualified surviving child or surviving parent in even more rare circumstances, they may be entitled to benefits after the veteran’s passing if that veteran had a service connected cause of death or if they had a total rating for a period of 10 years prior to their passing, then they’d be presumed to have a service connected cause of death.

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Aid and Attendance is one of the most under-utilized benefits out there. We encourage veterans to do some research and figure out if they think they’re entitled to it or call our office and we will help you.

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