Since the COVID-19 pandemic remains a threat to our clients and staff, in-person meetings continue to be on hold. Roose & Ressler continues to conduct our work by telephone, e-mail, mail, and by videoconferencing. We are maintaining sanitized space, and require face coverings when in-person contacts are needed. Even though some staff are working in … Continue reading
The Washington Examiner recently published an article with the headline, “Hurrah, There are fewer disabled and fewer cheats.” It offered an explanation for the sustained drop in applicants for Social Security disability and SSI benefits and a decline in the total number of people receiving disability benefits (www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/business/economy/social-security-applications.html). According to the author, this welcome news … Continue reading
By Jon Ressler, Attorney, Roose & Ressler I wrote last December about the Social Security disability backlog, highlighting the fact that the average wait for a hearing had grown to over 600 days and that a primary driver of the increasing backlog was insufficient funding. Another recent article at investmentnews.com/article/201803… describes the impact of insufficient funding on other … Continue reading
By Jon Ressler, Attorney, Roose & Ressler For well over 20 years, Social Security acknowledged that your treating doctor has unique insight in assessing your medically-caused functional limitations. Not anymore. If you filed a Social Security disability application since March 27, 2017, the voice of your treating doctor is now just one among many. Social … Continue reading
Leading Ohio Based Marketing, Branding Firm to Direct Roose & Ressler Communications Lorain, OH – October 17, 2017 – Social Security Disability law firm Roose & Ressler has tapped leading Ohio based marketing and branding firm The Eisen Agency to develop and direct marketing activities. With offices in Lorain, Toledo, Wooster and Mansfield, Roose & … Continue reading
Roose & Ressler Provides Clients Convenient Video Hearings in Their Lorain, Wooster Offices Lorain, OH – October 24, 2017 – The need to travel to downtown Cleveland or downtown Akron for a Social Security Disability hearing may be a thing of past. Social Security disability law firm Roose & Ressler offers state of the art … Continue reading
Roose & Ressler Lawyer Mary T. Meadows Presents in Washington, D.C. Toledo, OH – October 30, 2017 – Social Security’s regulations and rulings have begun changing more frequently and the attorneys at Roose & Ressler continue to stay on the cutting edge of these changes. Indeed, Attorney Mary T Meadows, manager of the Toledo branch … Continue reading
Roose & Ressler Lawyer Mary T. Meadows Presents in Washington, D.C. Toledo, OH – October 30, 2017 – Social Security disability attorney Mary T. Meadows, manager of Roose & Ressler’s Toledo office, presented during the semi-annual National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR) conference in Washington, D.C. The presentation addressed the practice and ethical … Continue reading
People who apply for Social Security disability have severely disabling conditions, which, unfortunately, do not automatically qualify them for benefits under the Social Security Disability rules. Social Security Administration lists a number of impairments that automatically qualify an applicant for disability benefits. Most of these require very specific medical or laboratory findings. If your medical … Continue reading
What happens in the hearing room? Most judges commence Social Security disability hearings by recounting the “case history” of the disability claim and reciting the issues to be decided. Although judges often recite what a claimant needs to prove in order to prove the case, they rarely give a well-defined and simple explanation. Rather, they … Continue reading