DART Therapeutics Inc., a Massachusetts-based medical testing firm, is currently conducting research on a drug to be used for muscular dystrophy patients. The drug, called DT-200, may be able to significantly increase both muscle size and strength for individuals suffering from muscular dystrophy. Our Boston Social Security Disability Insurance attorneys…
A Social Security Disability Insurance field office located in Greenfield, just outside of Boston, was one of 19 shuttered last year, according to the Social Security Administration. Our Boston SSDI lawyers understand the agency has been aggressively seeking ways to pare down expenses and balance budgets over the last several…
A recent series of stories aired on NPR’sThis American Life and Planet Money has certainly generated a great deal of conversation. However, our Boston Social Security Disability Insurance lawyers are disappointed to say that much of what the series did was continue to perpetuate misconceptions and stereotypes about this vital…
Lawmakers grappling with the issue of how to keep the federal disability insurance program fully functional for generations to come heard a novel idea recently from an analyst with the Congressional Budget Office. In a hearing before the House Ways and Means Social Security subcommittee, analyst Joyce Manchester testified that…
The wild misconceptions surrounding Social Security Disability Insurance benefits never cease to amaze our Boston disability benefits lawyers. There are these misguided – yet common – notions that because there are more recipients, there must be fraud, or that because there are more applicants, it must somehow be quite easy…
March is Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month, and it’s worth noting that Boston University School of Medicine researchers have been at the forefront of brain injury studies. Our Boston Social Security Disability Insurance attorneys have handled cases for countless clients on the personal injury side of our practice. While it’s…
Addiction is a powerful and often fatal disease that affects more than 20 million people in this country each year. There is no question it is a clinical medical condition and yet, our Boston Social Security Disability Lawyers know that obtaining benefits for it can be quite difficult. The administration…
Researchers in Boston are part of an international consortium that has recently discovered an underlying biological link between a handful of psychiatric illnesses, including schizophrenia, autism and depression. This breakthrough research gets us one step closer to determining which genetic variants cause these conditions, and how we may be able…
Up until about two years ago, a person who experienced repeated episodes of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar, usually due to diabetes) might have been eligible for disability benefits on that basis alone. However, our Boston Social Security Disability Lawyers know that as of July 2011, all endocrine disorders – including…
Individuals and families of those who have been diagnosed with Down syndrome may be somewhat familiar with federal benefits through the Supplemental Security Income program, which is often extended to parents and caregivers of disabled persons under age 18. However, once that child becomes an adult, our Boston Social Security…