YOU CAN GET DISABILITY BENEFITS IN HUNTSVILLE

Beginning in April, 2018 Medicare will begin mailing new Medicare cards.  These cards will help fight identity fraud by removing the Social Security number from the cards. Each card will have a unique identification number but no Social Security number.   These news cards will be mailed starting in April to every Medicare beneficiary on file.  They will be mailed to the address on file at Medicare.  You don't need to do anything to get a new card if your address at Medicare/Social Security is correct.  If not, please contact your Social Security office immediately to update your mailing address. Be sure to notify your doctors and other medical providers after you receive your new Medicare card. If you need help with a Social Security disability matter, please contact the Forsythe Firm in Huntsville at (256) 799-0297. SOCIAL SECURITY JUSTICE  

THE FORSYTHE FIRM - HUNTSVILLE, AL I work in Huntsville, AL and represent Social Security disability claimants all over Alabama.  I appear at hearings in such cities as Florence, Birmingham, Gadsden, Tuscaloosa, Decatur, and others.  My firm also handles cases in Tennessee, and sometimes, other states. Is it important to have qualified, experienced representation LOCALLY?  Why not call one of those 800 numbers on the TV ads?  Please consider...... 1.  We will meet with you in person on your first appointment and take as much face-to-face time as we need to file your application properly--or assist you with a hearing or appeal.  Not possible with an out-of-state firm. 2.  An advocate in our office will help you complete all application or appeal forms IN OUR OFFICE.  We will not mail you a manila envelope full of forms to fill out yourself, then mail back to us. 3.  Your advocate is available to take your phone calls or meet with you...

"Don't be one of the claimants who is really disabled but loses because he can't meet the burden proof." When you are denied disability benefits and file and appeal, you are scheduled to go before an administrative law judge for a hearing.  These hearings are quit different from what most people think they are.  Hearings are technical and legal proceedings where you, the claimant, has a burden of proof.  If you fail to meet your burden of proof you will not get your disability benefits. Here are some components of a Social Security disability hearing that you must understand and deal with in order to meet your burden of proof--and win your benefits.  Failure to do so will result in another denial-- and gone is your best chance to get paid. 1.  Establishing when you stopped working at "substantial gainful activity" or SGA.  This is vital to the date your back pay will begin. 2.  Proving that you have a severe medically determinable impairme...

Too many individuals skimp on the Social Security paperwork when applying for disability.  Let's be honest, the forms are long, difficult and confusing. It takes hours to complete them correctly.  It's easier just to ignore them, or maybe worse yet, fill them out hurriedly and carelessly. But this come back to haunt you when your claim is denied and goes to appeal before an administrative law judge. Once a form has been completed and placed in your file at Social Security, it stays there almost forever.  It follows you into your appeal, appears at your hearing, and testifies FOR you or AGAINST you for years to come.  What goes into those forms needs to be thought about very carefully.  The forms need to be truthful, accurate and complete. I remember my high school Algebra class.  The teacher would usually assign about 15 problems for homework.  I would complete the easy problems and skip the difficult ones.  Needless to say, I wasn't an hono...

All medical conditions are potentially covered by Social Security disability.  There are two basic requirements, however: One, the condition must have lasted, or be expected to last for at least 12 consecutive months OR to end in death.  Short-term impairments are not covered. Two, the medical condition must produce symptoms so severe that they prevent you form performing any type of full time work (usually, not just the work you've been doing). So, you can be disabled by just about anything as long as it lasts a year or longer and is severe enough to disable you. May impairments be related to mental health, or must they be physical impairments?  The answer is, either or both.  Social Security will consider all your medical impairments, physical, mental or a combination of the two.  If your combined symptoms are severe enough to prevent you from working, you may qualify for SSDI benefits. CAUTION:  Social Security doesn't use a lot of common sense ...

Why contact the Forsythe Firm for a Social Security disability claim? 1)  You aren't likely to get benefits by yourself.  Sad, but fact. 2)  We are a local, very experienced firm with Social Security know how. 3)  We do nothing but Social Security disability cases more cases, more experience familiar with SSA regulations focused on winning your case 4)  Consultations and all work we do are absolutely FREE unless you win. 5)  Eligible for Direct Payment of Fees by the Social Security Administration. A US Government study finds that advocates who are qualified for direct payment of fees have more experience in Social Security disability than other advocates, and are among the most competent representatives in practice. Contact the Forsythe Firm today: PHONE (256) 799-0297 7027 Madison Pike NW Huntsville, AL 35806 (256) 799-0297   

If you have tried dealing directly with Social Security, you have discovered how frustratingly difficult it can be.  Especially if you are applying for Social Security disability. Social Security will deny over two-thirds of all disability applications because they will determine that the claimant is not "totally disabled."  In other words, they will claim that, "While you may not be able to perform your recent work, there are still other jobs in the national economy that you are able to perform." In simple terms, you may not be able to continue working as a concrete finisher (for example) but you could be a silverware wrapper, a small product packager, or a snake charmer.  That's all it takes to deny your claim. A disability advocate is trained to help a claimant "line up" with the legal requirements for disability benefits.  He or she is a Social Security disability expert.  An attorney/advocate may help you gather additional medical evidence...

A lot of people get involved when you file a Social Security disability claim.  Here are some of the key players, so you understand what happens to your claim. The Social Security Field Office .  This office will start your file and gather all the administrative forms, including your application, release forms, work history and other forms.  When this administrative folder is complete, your case will be handed off to the state Disability Determination Service or DDS. A Disability Specialist .  This is a case worker at the state Disability Determination Service.  He/she will order all your reported medical records and review them to determine if you meet Social Security's rather narrow definition of disability .   Your Treating Doctors and Other Healthcare Professionals .  The doctors, clinics, hospitals, counselors or others who have treated you will submit their records for review.  You cannot be found disabled without objective medic...