Social Security Disability Lawyers & Attorneys - Helping to Get Your Disability Benefits
It is very sad how many people who have legitimate claims for Social Security and SupplementalSecurity Income (SSI) Disability Benefits are denied. Once a person is denied, the Social Security Administration has set up an often confusing and complicated system of appeal, which appears easy to navigate on your own.
DO NOT BE FOOLED into thinking you can do this by yourself, with a non-attorney, or an inexperienced attorney. There are many deadlines in which to file appeals and you may be asked to fill out forms, and collect and submit medical records in order to prove your disability. If your claim goes to a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge, you may have to cross-examine doctors and vocational experts hired by the government to testify in your case.
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A CERTIFIED Social Security Disability Lawyer can be the first step to getting the benefits to which you are rightfully entitled. Social Security Disability Lawyers can help guide you through the process, including the appeals process and being present at your hearing. CERTIFIED Social Security Disability Attorneys may be able to obtain special reports or submit specific questions to doctors to help you finally have success with getting your benefits awarded. After you have filed your initial claim and have been denied, do not delay any further--go straight to a qualified, determined, and CERTIFIED Social Security Disability Lawyer. When you start calling around for an attorney, keep the following questions in mind:
- How long have you represented Claimants in Social Security Disability Claims?
- How many hearings have you appeared as Counsel for a Claimant?
- Are you familiar with the Judges in the area?
- Do you handle appeals after a denial with an Administrative Law Judge?
- Will I be represented by an Attorney at my hearing?
DO NOT BE FOOLED, many firms that represent themselves as “experienced representatives”may not actually be attorneys. If you have been supplied representation by your Long TermDisability (LTD) Insurance carrier, they may not be attorneys. In most cases involving LTD claims, you have the right to obtain you own representation for handling your Social Security Disability claim.
Fees for representation in these cases are set by the Social Security Administration. It will not cost you more to have a CERTIFIED Social Security Disability Lawyer representing you.
In order to assist your CERTIFIED Social Security Disability Lawyer, please have as much information available when you call. Try to have a copy of your last denial, a list of the doctorsor hospitals where you have been treated, information about your work history, and a list of your medications. You should keep track of and attend all of your appointments with doctors, therapists, and other medical team members, as well as taking all your prescribed medications as instructed.