Question: I have been collecting disability benefits for a few years, but I’m getting healthy enough to work again. Can
Source: Social Security Q&A: Can I Return to Work and Keep Disability Benefits? | Valley News
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You can also work part time and continue to receive Social Security Disability benefits. However, you must follow the rules and report your work to Social Security.
By Perry J. Browder Gov. Bruce Rauner and his allies are holding the state budget hostage, putting the most vulnerable citizens of our state at risk, in an effort to re-engineer the state’s workers’ compensation system. They claim changes are necessary to boost the business climate in Illinois,
Source: Guest Commentary: No need for workers’ comp reform | News-Gazette.com
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Several articles like this published this week throughout the State of Illinois. The Governor and legislators continue to debate whether more changes in the Illinois Work Comp law are needed.
Following these tips will save you a lot of trouble and potential heart ache.
Make sure that you go to a doctor right away after you are injured to be evaluated and treated.
Make sure that you tell your doctor about all your injuries at the first visit.
Make sure that you tell the doctor about your work accident at the first visit.
I have seen too many cases become side tracked for failure to follow these 3 easy steps.
If you delay seeking treatment it gives the work comp insurance company a reason to argue that something else caused your condition.
If you forget to tell your doctor about all your injuries it allows the work comp insurance company to raise the defense that only your back was injured and not your shoulder also.
If you do not tell the doctor that you were injured at work, then the insurance company will blame something else for your injury and you may lose your case.
Questions about ways to help your case and make it stronger and worth more? Call Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
When you go to a Social Security Disability hearing you will testify before a Judge who will decide whether or not you are disabled.
The Judge has a lot of power in these situations.
You can appeal if you are denied, but you do not want to have to appeal.
It is important to remember that if you make the Judge angry it will be that much harder to win your case.
Judges are human too. So make sure that you are polite and answer the questions the Judge asks in a complete manner.
In Social Security Disability cases the Judge will ask you many questions. You need to make sure that you understand the questions and why the Judge is asking the question.
You can sense when a Judge is becoming frustrated with your answers. It is usually because a person is speaking to the Judge in an angry manner,
or not answering the question asked, or exaggerating.
You must be prepared to give a true, respectful, and clear picture of your problems and how they keep you from working.
You must not go into a disability hearing on your own.
It is important to have an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer guide you from the beginning.
It makes no sense to go into battle without all the weapons possible.
Questions? Call for a free consultation with Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
Franklin Pound fell 20 feet after being overcome by methane gas during the unsuccessful rescue attempt.
Source: Worker injured during rescue bid can’t be denied workers comp, Pa. court says | PennLive.com
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Takes a lot of hubris to argue that attempting to rescue a co-worker is outside the scope of your job. The insurance company should be ashamed of itself.