“[A]n individual must do their best to follow prescribed treatment for diabetes in order to be found disabled.”
Entries from July 2010
Top 6 Client Questions about Getting Social Security Disability Benefits for Diabetes
July 30th, 2010 · No Comments
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Download your FREE Hoglund Lawyer Guide to Social Security Hearings
July 29th, 2010 · No Comments
Download your Free Lawyer Guide to Security Security Hearings
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Elderly bankruptcy filings have tripled, causing specific concerns
July 28th, 2010 · No Comments
According a study prepared for the AARP’s Public Policy Institute, “the rate of bankruptcy filings among Americans 55 and older has nearly tripled since 1991.” The results of this study are a cause for concern because the results “indicate that financial security is progressively eroding for many older Americans.” (As printed in Consumer Bankruptcy News, [...]
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Top 4 Social Security Client Questions about Getting the Right Medical Treatment for your Social Security Claim
July 27th, 2010 · No Comments
“[C]lients should make good medical decisions to get better, not to get benefits.”
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Lessons The Average Person Contemplating Bankruptcy Can Take Away From The Denny Hecker Case
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Much attention has recently been given to the disastrous bankruptcy filing of Denny Hecker. Clearly, the Hecker case is not a run of the mill case; however average individuals contemplating bankruptcy should take note of the things which got Mr. Hecker in hot water. These things can happen to average individuals as well. The most [...]
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A Social Security Lawyer’s Top 7 Questions about Getting Benefits for Asthma & COPD
July 12th, 2010 · No Comments
“Here are some answers to common questions from our clients at Hoglund Law Offices who cannot work due to asthma and other kinds of breathing problems.”
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Debtors in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy now allowed more affordable monthly payments
July 9th, 2010 · No Comments
A recent Supreme Court decision should allow for debtors in future bankruptcy cases to have more affordable payments. The Supreme Court in Hamilton v. Lanning has made a decision which should allow debtors to propose Chapter 13 payment plans which take the debtors’ actual income and expenses into account. Prior to this decision, debtors’ Chapter [...]
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