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Personal Injury and Social Security Disability Blog

The purpose of this blog is to provide information to people who have been injured due to negligence, and to those who have filed for Social Security disability benefits, or who are considering filing for Social Security disability benefits.
By Robert Kraft

Post Frequency: 8.1/day

Last Entry: August 13, 2012 at 06:06:00

Social Security Disability - Compassionate Allowances

Posted on December 22, 2008
Social Security has an obligation to provide benefits quickly to applicants whose medical conditions are so serious that their conditions obviously meet disability standards. Compassionate allowances are a way of quickly identifying diseases and other medical conditions that invariably qualify...

Veterans' Clinics Closing For Holiday In Central Texas

Posted on December 21, 2008
The outpatient clinics of the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System will be closed Thursday and Friday, December 25 and 26.. All clinic appointments that were scheduled for Friday will be rescheduled. The closings will include the Waco VA Medical...

Veterans' Clinics Closing For Holiday In Central Texas

Spina Bifida And Social Security Disability

Posted on December 20, 2008
Among our Social Security Disability clients have been individuals with spina bifida. The disease, according to the Spina Bifida Association (SBA), is the most common permanently disabling birth defects in the United States. I encourage you to visit SBA?s Web...

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Spina Bifida And Social Security Disability

Featured Link - HealthyToys.org

Posted on December 19, 2008
HealthyToys.org includes test results for more than 1,500 toys and children?s products. This site is a first step in providing parents, grandparents, and others who care about children with the information they need to make better choices when purchasing toys...

Friday Fun

Posted on December 19, 2008
BetaMaXmas is a great site looks like an old grainy TV screen with a Betamax recorder attached. There's a remote that you can use to scan for old cartoons like A Garfield Christmas, episodes of The Facts of Life featuring...

Texas Governor Reaches Milestone

Posted on December 19, 2008
Today is Texas Governor Rick Perry's 2920th day in office, and that makes him officially the longest-serving governor in Texas history. He has two years remaining on his current term, and has announced that he is running for reelection in...

California Supreme Court Rules That Good Samaritans May Be Liable For Damages

Posted on December 19, 2008
From the news release of the American Association for Justice: The AP (12/19, Elias) reports, "Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, the state's high court on Thursday said a would-be Good Samaritan accused of rendering her friend paraplegic by....

Texas Governor Reaches Milestone

California Supreme Court Rules That Good Samaritans May Be Liable For Damages

Featured Link - HealthyToys.org

Posted on December 19, 2008
HealthyToys.org includes test results for more than 1,500 toys and children???s products. This site is a first step in providing parents, grandparents, and others who care about children with the information they need to make better choices when purchasing toys...

Friday Fun

FDA Raises The Bar For New Diabetes Drugs

Posted on December 18, 2008
Here is today's News Release from the American Association fro Justice:In a report appearing in at least 66 media outlets, the AP (12/18) reports, "Under new FDA policy, drug companies will have to test [diabetes] drugs on greater numbers of...

FDA Raises The Bar For New Diabetes Drugs

Do Car Horns Make Us Safer?

Posted on December 17, 2008
No, according to a commentary in the Dallas Morning News. Here is a brief excerpt: In theory, the horn is a safety device; it might rightly be called the world's first "collision-avoidance system." But exactly how many collisions it serves...

Do Car Horns Make Us Safer?

Free Texas Non-Injury Accident Kit

Posted on December 16, 2008
Have you had a fender-bender in this terrible icy weather around Dallas? If you've been involved in a minor car accident - with no injuries - you probably don't need a lawyer. Our kit answers your questions and tells you...

Trade Associations Expect Few Changes As New Administration Begins

Posted on December 16, 2008
Today's news release from the American Association for Justice:Roll Call (12/15, Murray) reported, "While acknowledging that new House and Senate Democratic majorities will mean trimmer legislative wish lists, GOP-leaning trade associations are hardly undergoing a major retooling of their lobbying...

How Long Do Social Security Disability Benefits Last?

Posted on December 16, 2008
Social Security Disability payments are different from other long term disability insurance programs. Often a private disability plan is defined, and dictates, for example, that you can only receive benefits for a specified period of time. Social Security Disability and...

Social Security Is First Government Agency To Use Nationwide Health Information Network

Posted on December 16, 2008
Press release from the Social Security Administration today. This is a little scary to me. The Social Security Administration announced today that it will be the first government agency to utilize the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). Beginning in early...

Senator Grassley Questions Wyeth Over Ghostwriting ontract

Posted on December 15, 2008
Latest news release from the American Association for Justice:On the front of its Business section, the New York Times (12/13, B1, Wilson) reported that Senate Finance Committee member Charles Grassley (R), in letters to Wyeth and medical writing company DesignWrite,...

Featured Link - National Patient Safety Foundation

Posted on December 15, 2008
The National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) is an independent not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that has diligently pursuing improving safety of patients for over a decade. NPSF remains the sole organization in the field with this singular focus...

Friday Fun

Posted on December 12, 2008
I have good friends from and in Oklahoma, but that doesn't lessen the rivalry between Texans and Oklahomans. That's why I think this snarky set of photos is so funny. Check out What Celebrities Would Look Like If They Moved...

Texas Tax Dollars At Work In House Of Representatives

Posted on December 12, 2008
The country may be in an official recession, and tax revenues may be plummeting, but nothing ever stops Texas legislators from pampering themselves. As reported in the Dallas Morning News, the Texas House of Representatives is in the process of...

Midnight Regulations May Continue Bush Legacy

Posted on December 11, 2008
I've written on this topic, but this viewpoint is from Rolling Stone magazine, courtesy of the American Association for Justice news release:Rolling Stone (12/25, Dickinson) magazine reports, "With president-elect Barack Obama already taking command of the financial crisis, it's tempting...

Suddenly Straight-Party Voting Is A Hazard To Democracy

Posted on December 11, 2008
Strange things have been happening in Texas politics over the past two years. In November 2006 the Democratic Party made a complete sweep in Dallas County - replacing every Republican office holder with a Democrat, including every judge up for...

Wal-Mart Settles Wage Violations Lawsuit For $54.25 Million

Posted on December 10, 2008
From the American Association for Justice news release today: The New York Times (12/10, B7, Greenhouse) reports, "Wal-Mart Stores announced a $54.25 million settlement on Tuesday of a lawsuit accusing it of wage violations in Minnesota -- far less than...

Five Safe Driving Tips for Winter

Posted on December 10, 2008
Heading into winter, the roads become a more dangerous place for drivers, no matter how safe your car is. In order to limit your risk, there are a number of steps you can take to ensure you're prepared for the...

EEOC Notice Concerning The ADA Amendments Act Of 2008

Posted on December 09, 2008
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published a notice about the changes to the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) that become effective January 1, 2009. The ADA will undergo some rather significant changes. Full details are available at the...

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