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Yes CONGRESS SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE HIGHER THE DISPOSITION RATES AF AN ALJ, THE HIGHER THE ALLOWANCE RATES, SO WHAT IS THE CAP? The cap is 720/year. Once an ALJ decides 720 cases, he or she can just go fishing. Unfortunately, there are systemic problems with […]
We do from time to time conduct video hearings. My preference is that my client not have them, but in the end, one might just as well go with a video hearing than not. It all depends on the “pay” rate of the ALJ: the percentage of cases awarded vs. […]
It has been my experience that the longer one waits for a decision, the more probable a denial will be. It is just my feeling that in order to deny a claim, the ALJs have gotten pretty good at dotting their “I”s and crossing their “T”s. The same is not […]
We were recently successful at a hearing where the ALJ had a medical expert, a Medical Doctor testify by telephone at one of our client’s hearings. This can be problematic for both the claimant and the ALJ since neither side really knows what the M.D. is going to conclude at […]
When I began practicing SSA disability law in 1992, it was very simple and easy. I would get hired, file my paperwork, get my client to pick up his last records and go in and try the case. The SSA was the one who had gotten the records, as the […]