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	<title>Virginia Lawyers Weekly &#187; Social Security</title>
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		<title>Treating Physician Opinion Was ‘Inconsistent’&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2013/03/20/treating-physician-opinion-was-inconsistent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge John A. Gibney Jr.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Richmond U.S. District Court adopts the magistrate judge’s report and affirms denial of benefits over claimant’s objection that the administrative law judge erred by assigning the treating physician’s opinion “little weight”; the court finds that substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s decision due to the physician’s inconsistent statements and lack of record support for her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VA Disability Rating Gets ‘Substantial’ Weight&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/11/19/va-disability-rating-gets-substantial-weight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Barbara Milano Keenan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A claimant who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder due to his combat experience in Vietnam gets another chance to win social security disability benefits, as the 4th Circuit says the administrative law judge erred by failing to give retrospective consideration to medical evidence created after claimant’s “date of last insurance” to qualify for benefits and did [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lupus Sufferer Wins Remand for SSI&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/10/25/lupus-sufferer-wins-remand-for-ssi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge James P. Jones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Western District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A 36-year-old woman with an 8th-grade education and no past work experience, who suffers from lupus, wins a remand for an award of supplemental security income benefits; the ALJ’s denial of benefits is not supported by substantial evidence, as the IME’s finding that claimant did not suffer from lupus contradicted the opinions of claimant’s treating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits Recommended for Lupus Sufferer&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/09/10/benefits-recommended-for-lupus-sufferer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Judge Pamela Meade Sargent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Western District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An ALJ’s denial of social security benefits is not supported by substantial evidence that claimant did not meet or equal the impairment listing for lupus under federal social security regulations, reports the Abingdon U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge, and she recommends the denial be vacated and the case remanded for an award of benefits. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richmond ALJ hearing Social Security claims has one of the highest denial rates in the country&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/05/14/richmond-alj-hearing-social-security-claims-has-one-of-the-highest-denial-rates-in-the-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Lawyers Weekly</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Administrative Law Judges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As an occupational therapist, Michelle Bomar worked with people suffering from injuries or diseases. But in 1998, she said, she found herself in as much distress as any patient: A slew of illnesses had started attacking her immune system, causing intense pain and fatigue. Bomar said she couldn’t work. So she quit her job as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALJ Can Reject Sole IQ Test&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2012/01/12/alj-can-reject-sole-iq-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge William B. Traxler Jr.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An administrative law judge can reject findings that a claimant is mentally retarded even if there is only one set of test scores in the record; the 4th Circuit joins the majority of federal appeals courts in this view, and upholds the ALJ’s rejection of this claimant’s application for supplemental security income benefits, in light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disability Benefits Claim Remanded&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/12/13/disability-benefits-claim-remanded/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/12/13/disability-benefits-claim-remanded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Diana Gribbon Motz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A claimant who suffered back, wrist and shoulder injuries when he fell 25 feet from a deer stand has his claim for social security disability benefits remanded to the Appeals Council because the 4th Circuit cannot determine from the record if substantial evidence supports the denial of benefits. The administrative law judge (ALJ) concluded claimant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reconsideration for Claimant’s Mental Retardation&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/11/28/reconsideration-for-claimant%e2%80%99s-mental-retardation/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/11/28/reconsideration-for-claimant%e2%80%99s-mental-retardation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion Digests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Pamela Meade Sargent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Western District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Big Stone Gap U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge recommends denial of summary judgment to claimant and the SSA on claimant’s application for disability insurance benefits, and recommends the commissioner’s denial of DIB be vacated and the case remanded for further consideration as substantial evidence does not support the finding that claimant is not disabled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ALJ Dismissed Treating Doc, Court Says&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/11/03/alj-dismissed-treating-doc-court-says/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/11/03/alj-dismissed-treating-doc-court-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion Digests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Michael F. Urbanski]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. District Court - Western District]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Roanoke U.S. District Court says an administrative law judge did not give proper consideration to the opinions of claimant’s treating physicians, and the denial of an award is reversed and the case remanded for calculation of benefits for a 36-year-old certified nursing assistant who suffers from degenerative disc disease and chronic low back pain. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S.C. Lawyer Can Collect Attorney&#8217;s Fees&#160;</title>
		<link>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/07/13/s-c-lawyer-can-collect-attorneys-fees/</link>
		<comments>http://valawyersweekly.com/2011/07/13/s-c-lawyer-can-collect-attorneys-fees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Elkins</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Judge Paul V. Niemeyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A South Carolina lawyer who won social security benefits for three clients with aid from out-of-state attorneys who assisted in writing briefs and pleadings can collect attorney’s fees for the out-of-state lawyers under the Equal Access to Justice Act, even though a local court rule says the non-South Carolina lawyers are not eligible for a [...]]]></description>
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