Hoglund Law Blog

A procedure known as platelet rich plasma, or PRP injections, are being used to alleviate arthritis and other joint pain.  Avivia Gianetti is an active golfer who is in her late 50s.  However, soreness and pain running down her arms left her unable to play her favorite sport.  Not keen on the idea of surgery, [...]

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In an astounding study presented at Chicago’s Radiological Society of North America, a team from the Leiden University Medical Center found that Type 2 diabetes can be eliminated in patients in just four months.  What is the cure for Type 2 diabetes?  The answer to that question is simpler than you might think.  A low-calorie [...]

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Earlier in the year, the Social Security Administration in Baltimore decided to implement changes in the federal disability benefits program to reduce the straining backlog of applications.  The Social Security Administration implemented new medical examination policies, which Social Security Administration spokesman Mark Hinkle contends, “decisions are timelier… but this does not mean we are sacrificing [...]

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In a two decade long study, 177,184 women between the ages of 42 and 67 were followed as part of the Nurse’s Health Study.  One of the remarkable findings of the study was the increased likelihood of developing type-2 diabetes as the result of periodic night shift work.  Nurses who worked periodic night shifts for [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi, my name is Andrew Kinney.  I’m an attorney at Hoglund Law offices.  I practice Social Security Disability Law.  Today I wanted to talk about past relevant work. It’s a phrase that Social Security uses a lot. It means the work you used to do within the last 15 years.  Why is past relevant [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi my name is Andrew Kinney and I’m a Social Security attorney at Hoglund Law offices.  Today I wanted to talk about submitting evidence after your social security hearing. Social security has hearings for people who are applying for disability insurance and supplemental security income.  First, there is an application, in most cases [...]

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Video Transcription: Hi, my name is Andrew Kinney.  I practice Social Security Law at Hoglund Law offices.  Today I wanted to talk about the 5 top things you need to know about your Social Security hearing. Number one:  Why do you have a Social Security hearing?  Well at the Social Security process you have an [...]

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Video Transcription: “Hi, my name is Andrew Kinney.  I’m an attorney at Hoglund Law offices.  I practice Social Security Disability law.  Today I wanted to talk about listed impairments. What does that mean?  Well in the world of social security law, social security takes any medical reason that you might be unable to work full-time [...]

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Will Social Security Checks Be Paid If Debt Ceiling Is Not Raised Around 28 million Americans are expecting to receive their Social Security checks on August 3, and 27 million are expecting their checks later in August. However, if Congress does not reach a deal to raise the national debt ceiling by the deadline of [...]

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One of the things I wanted to talk to today is, as of this filming, something that happened about a week ago. Social Security has changed one of its laws and it may raise some questions about whether you can be approved based on this law. Social Security has definitions of disability that describe what sort of elements you need to meet the criteria for certain kinds of problems. Halo back problem to meet what’s called a listing would need to meet certain elements. What Social Security has recently done as of June of 2011 is remove the diabetes listing, so this certainly causes concerns and the American Diabetic Association is one of the groups that had not wanted this to happen, but despite that the law has changed. So, what does it mean?

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