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Repeat After Me- Important Tips for Injured Workers

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There is a long line of injured workers who can tell what not to do, or ways to avoid screwing up your workers compensation case.

You should learn important lessons from others and not experience the bitter fruit of a denied claim or a low settlement.

First and most importantly make sure that you report your injury to your employer right away and put it in writing and get a copy of it. This will avoid insurance companies who will want to twist your words and claim the injury did not happen at work.

Another very important tip is to tell your doctor how your injury happened and that it occurred at work. Make sure that you describe all your body parts injured. This will make things much cleaner in the end and avoid the defense that you only hurt your arm and not your neck.

It is much smoother when you do these two simple, yet important things.

Then the battle is about how much money the insurance company must pay you and not whether your injuries are related to the work accident.

Questions about getting the best workers’ compensation settlement? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Why Go it Alone?

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Recently I have seen more people who are representing themselves in their Social Security Disability cases.

It does not make very much sense.

If you win your case you may save yourself anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to several thousand dollars.

Compared to a lifetime of benefits that will total in the hundred of thousands of dollars this is nothing.

What you are risking is not getting your Social Security Disability at all.

The Judges are denying more and more cases so you need every edge you can get.

You must know what proof the Judges need to approve you.

You must know why the Judges are asking the questions.

You must know how to answer the questions.

You must know why the Vocational Consultant is testifying, and what to do when it is your turn to question the Vocational Consultant.

A lawyer only gets paid if you win your case.

You will always get more money than the lawyer.

If you win and start getting your monthly check that is 100 percent yours.

Questions about Social Security Disability? Make sure to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Social Security Disability- State of the State

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Just as the President of the United States provides an annual address explaining his view of the future of America, I will take a stab at explaining recent trends in Social Security Disability.

Many more people are being denied disability benefits at the initial application stage and the reconsideration level.

It is taking longer to get a hearing; up to 2 years.

Judges are being tougher on people seeking benefits.

More people who receive Social Security Disability benefits are being taken off benefits because SSA claims that they have made medical improvement and can now work.

There is a perfect storm of a large number of people applying for disability benefits, a reduction in SSA employees, and extreme financial problems for the Federal government and the Social Security program.

Congress has made high profile attacks on the Social Security Disability system.

The Administrative Law Judges presiding over the disability cases are feeling the heat.

The Judges are denying many more cases. The approval rating has dropped from close to 50 percent to the low 30s in some regions.

All of this means that you must be very prepared for your case from the beginning.

Do not take any chances.

Hire an experienced Social Security Disability Lawyer right away.

It does not cost you anything unless you win and then fees are limited according to federal law.

Call Illinois Social Security Disability lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Names Do Not Matter in Disability

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Sometimes I will have people ask me if you can get Social Security Disability if you have cancer, or diabetes, or migraines.

The answer is maybe.

Social Security does not just look at your diagnoses.

It certainly helps to have a diagnosis; even Social Security Judges like to fit illnesses and conditions into categories.

However, what really matters in a Social Security Disability case is your limitations and restrictions as a result of your illness, injuries and conditions.

You must go beyond the name of your illness and prove that it limits your daily activities.

This means that it causes you problems with sitting, standing, walking, lifting, reaching, handling and fingering.

Or it causes you problems with concentration, focus, and staying on task, and makes you miss work.

You must show this through medical tests, doctors records, reports, and your testimony and other people’s testimony.

Just explaining your disease is not enough. The Judge must understand how it affects your activities of daily living.

Make sure that you have someone helping you present your best case possible to Social Security.

It does not cost you anything to get the help of an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer unless you win and all fees are capped by the government.

Contact Illinois Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May for a free consultation at 309-827-4371.

2015 – 05/21/2015 – Workers continue to be exposed to amputation, other hazards at Lebanon Seaboard Corporation in Danville, Illinois

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Source: 2015 – 05/21/2015 – Workers continue to be exposed to amputation, other hazards at Lebanon Seaboard Corporation in Danville, Illinois

 

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Danville, Illinois fertilizer plant has some dangers that need to be worked on. Make sure that your workplace is OSHA compliant. Any work injuries should be reported immediately and make sure that you keep copies of accident reports to prove the accident.