November 2017

Social Security pays retirement and disability benefits to millions of Americans. However, the program doesn’t just provide benefits to U.S. citizens. Social Security’s rules contain many provisions for resident and nonresident aliens, which may entitle them to benefits as well. Many noncitizens may be eligible for disability benefits below are several examples of situations where… Read more

When your long term disability claim has been denied by the insurance carrier and you have already used all your appeal rights with the insurance company, you and your attorney will file a lawsuit in order to recover your past due benefits and to reinstate your future benefits. What happens next? Well, usually you and… Read more

The Following Wisconsin workers compensation cases were presented before the (LIRC)  Labor & Industry Review Commission (LIRC) Statute of Limitations – Tolling – Schmidt v. Superior Die Set Corp. (WC Claim No. 1979-037984, LIRC June 25, 2015) The applicant filed a hearing application to toll the statute of limitations and asked the Department to keep it… Read more

Milwaukee Wisconsin Workers Comp Lawyer Tabak Law represents injured workers all around the state of Wisconsin, we currently represent hundreds of injured workers on their Milwaukee workers compensation claims. This is one of the reasons we are considered a top Milwaukee workers compensation lawyer. We represent injured working men and women throughout Wisconsin in workers’… Read more

The United States Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) asserts within its policy that “all veterans who are not able to secure and follow a substantially gainful occupation by reason of service-connected disabilities shall be rated totally disabled.” Substantial gainful occupations are defined as occupations that provide the veteran with an annual income that exceeds the… Read more

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doesn’t always give disabled vets their rightfully owed VA disability benefits. Unfortunately, it happens more often than you might realize, leaving VA disability appeals as the only option for many disabled vets. The Department of Veterans Affairs has mistakenly withheld millions of dollars in disability benefits from eligible disabled… Read more