SOCIAL SECURITY DISABIITY: IS MY CONDITION COVERED?
All medical conditions are potentially covered by Social Security disability. There are two basic requirements, however:
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 in deciding who is disabled and who is not. They go by the law. You can only be disabled if the law says you are disabled. So, you must prove it legally, using specified medical evidence. Just telling your story or listing your symptoms won't be good enough. You have to develop a legal theory that applies complicated Social Security laws and regulations to your case, ties up all the loopholes and proves disability from a legal perspective.
This is where most claimants who try without a lawyer or advocate fail. They use a common sense approach: I have this condition, it causes me these problems, therefore, I can't work. This is not effective. That explains why so many people get denied when they try on their own, then get approved when they get a lawyer.
Save yourself a lot of time, money and heartache. Hire a professional to represent you early on. Chances are you will get paid sooner, get paid more money and avoid other frustrations in dealing with the United States Government about your disability benefit.
The good news is, your representative will not charge you a penny until you win. If you never get approved, the representation was free.
THE FORSYTHE FIRM
Social Security Disability Representation
7027 Old Madison Pike NW
Huntsville, AL 35806
PHONE: (256)799-0297
- 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).
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 in deciding who is disabled and who is not. They go by the law. You can only be disabled if the law says you are disabled. So, you must prove it legally, using specified medical evidence. Just telling your story or listing your symptoms won't be good enough. You have to develop a legal theory that applies complicated Social Security laws and regulations to your case, ties up all the loopholes and proves disability from a legal perspective.
This is where most claimants who try without a lawyer or advocate fail. They use a common sense approach: I have this condition, it causes me these problems, therefore, I can't work. This is not effective. That explains why so many people get denied when they try on their own, then get approved when they get a lawyer.
Save yourself a lot of time, money and heartache. Hire a professional to represent you early on. Chances are you will get paid sooner, get paid more money and avoid other frustrations in dealing with the United States Government about your disability benefit.
The good news is, your representative will not charge you a penny until you win. If you never get approved, the representation was free.
THE FORSYTHE FIRM
Social Security Disability Representation
7027 Old Madison Pike NW
Huntsville, AL 35806
PHONE: (256)799-0297
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