One of the most difficult things to do is to measure someone's degree of disability or impairment. There is a measurable test that has developed over the last 10 years in an effort to accomplish this objective. The test is called a Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE).
I recently received a newsletter from Tuck, Advancing Better Sleep. This might be because I had sleep apnea in the past. The article is dated April 2017 and the statistics are rather frightening as cited by this magazine.
In Social Security Claims that are presented to a Judge at Level III (where I spend most of the time when working this type of case) there has been a troubling development with regard to new Social Security Rules. These folks just make up their own rules and we have to follow them.
I just received a 2nd Award of benefits from the Appellate Division at the State Board of Workers' Compensation, granting one year of back pay benefits and two years of full medical care to a wonderful Bosnian client that worked for Wal-Mart for 19 years.
Fire fighters, security personnel and policemen all are quite susceptible to PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Their jobs place them within harm's way every day.