Lung lesions are by themselves alarming already. As if to say that their mere presence is not enough to put people on their toes, cavitating lung lesions are another example of the numerous types of lesions that can affect the lungs.
In such cases, only where counsel initiates a telephone request to be removed from the Assignment Court list and where a clerk of the Appeal Division scheduling unit has confirmed that all parties are ready to proceed and that a hearing date can be set will the case be removed from the Assignment Court list.
Like at the reconsideration stage, a lawyer will also be able to assist a claimant with timely and accurately filing the Request for Hearing appeal. After the Request for Hearing appeal is filed, a claimant should expect to wait between 12 and 16 months before their case is heard by an Administrative Law Judge.