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Tamoxifen and Your Rights to Social Security Disability Benefits

Breast cancer patients take the drug Tamoxifen which can cut your chances of having the disease return. However, there are some side effects of Tamoxifen which can cause neurological side effects including tingling and numbness of your fingers and hands. If you suffer from neurological problems as a result of taking chemotherapy drugs, you may […]

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Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund — Application Deadline February 28, 2013

It’s that time of year again! The applications for the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund must be received by February 28, 2013. The application is available on our website a twww.440scholarship.org. The purpose of Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund is to aid dependents or descendants of workers who were injured or killed in the course

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Don’t Let Your Personal Injury Claim Destroy Your Social Security Claim

You may have been injured in an automobile accident or slipped and fell through no fault of your own. Did you know that you have the right to bring what’s called a personal injury claim against the person responsible for your injuries. A personal injury claim is a claim that you bring against the person

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Tricks Long Term Disability Carriers Will Use to Deny Your Claim for Disability Benefits

Many long term disability carriers will use a paper review of your file conducted by its internal medical personnel to determine whether or not there is: 1. An objective basis of your severe diagnosis. 2. An objective basis for the restriction of limitations that have been assigned. 3. A causal relationship between your diagnosis and

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Personal Injury Claims and Your Rights to Social Security Disability Benefits

You might have been involved in a motor vehicle accident that has resulted in injury to you that prevents you from working. You can bring a personal injury claim against the person or the insurance company because of your injury. You may be entitled to collect both Social Security Disability benefits and sue for personal

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New Therapeutic Treatment and Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a potentially debilitating disease that causes inflammatory damage around the axons of the brain and spinal cord. This damage to the myelin sheath called the “demyelination” can cause loss of sensitivity, tingling, pins and needles, numbness, muscle weakness, spasm, difficulty moving with coordination, balance, speech and digestive problems. For the last

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Do ERISA plans have to abide by Social Security Disability benefit award?

No, the United States Supreme Court in MetLife vs. Glen, 554 US 105 (208), was troubled when MetLife encouraged Mr. Glen to apply for Social Security Disability benefits, reduced his long term disability benefits by the receipt of the Social Security benefits and then ignored the Social Security finding entirely in denying the long term

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Why Should I Appeal the Denial of my Disability Benefits?

You purchased a long term disability policy to provide you and your family peace of mind. Unfortunately, long term disability carriers are not in the business of paying disability benefits to their policy holders. They would rather collect the premium. So, what happens after you have submitted your claim and you have been denied? There

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