My heart goes out to all who were and are affected by Hurricane Isaac. My prayers are with all of you, especially a number of my clients who live in some of the more affected areas. In the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, I will be putting my experience handling hurricane damage claims to work for…
Compassionate Allowances (CAL) are the Social Security Administrations “way of quickly identifying diseases and other medical conditions that invariable qualify under the Listing of Impairments based on minimal objective medical information.” The Compassionate Allowance program was designed to allow applicants with serious medical conditions to receive their benefits more quickly. 52 new Compassionate Allowances conditions…
As a Metro New Orleans area disability attorney, I am often asked “Can I get Social Security Disability payments for Fibromyalgia?” The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently issued SSR 12-2p which concerns evaluation of disability applications for Fibromyalgia (FM). This SSR is important to FM patients in Louisiana because SSA finally acknowledges this severe and…