Traumatic Brain Injury, Multiple Fractures - Work Related Injury - Construction Laborer, 45 years old

Our client was working on a construction site when the floor above him collapsed on him resulting in open fractures to his right leg, fractured lumbar vertebra, chronic pain symptoms, and a traumatic brain injury. The client underwent multiple surgeries. The client was initially represented by a different attorney at the original claim and reconsideration levels and his claim was denied at both stages. Disability Determination Services (DDS) determined that the client’s medical impairments were not severe based on the medical records on file. Questionnaire forms that were sent to the client and his prior attorney were not completed and returned to DDS. We were hired at the hearing level and won him benefits after a hearing before an administrative law judge. Our office also handled the coordination of workers’ compensation benefits and Social Security disability benefits with the clients local Social Security office.