CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: COVID-19 and Its Effect on Social Security Disability Cases

Lebau & Neuworth partner attorney Richard Neuworth delivered a presentation on COVID-19 and Social Security disability cases to the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives on October 30, 2020, at its national convention.

The presentation discussed how COVID-19 has actually opened new ways for claimants to obtain disability benefits from the Social Security Administration. In fact, there are several different scenarios to consider in disability cases, including:

• What are long term effects of contracting COVID-19, including complications?
• What physical conditions make individuals at high or very high risk to work outside of the home?
• Does the claimant have an underlying severe medical impairment that could place the claimant at high or very high risk if they tried to work without a vaccine?

Other important topics are how to cross examine vocational and other medical experts during the course of Administrative Law Judge hearings.

If you believe your Social Secuity disability has been wrongly affected by the Coronavirus pandemic, contact the attorneys at Lebau & Neuworth at at (410) 296-3030 or lebauneuworth.com/contact-us.