WHY DISABLED CLAIMANTS HESITATE TO GET A LAWYER
You become disabled and lose your income. You need a way to replace some of that income fast. You file for Social Security disability--usually the only disability benefit available to you. Right away, you can see that this will be a long and difficult process.
You hesitate to hire an attorney or advocate to help you, figuring that it will save you money if you can do it all yourself. Here's what's wrong with that reasoning:
1) A professional advocate or attorney may not cost you a dime. If your application goes through without a hitch, Social Security does not pay the first 5 months of disability anyway (the waiting period). So, you get approved quickly, there is no back pay, there is no attorney fee. But you got the help you needed - FREE.
2) If your case has problems--and most will--and you have to appeal (most will) -your representative cannot get paid until after you are approved and back payments are paid to you. So, there is no risk. If aren't successful the representative has worked for free--absolutely free.
3) If you do get into the murky water of a legal appeal, you will wind up before an administrative law judge. Your odds of being approved (and getting all your back pay) are much greater with a professional representative at your side. At this point you have waited 2 to 3 years on your benefits and losing is not an option.
4) An attorney or non-attorney disability advocate knows the Social Security regulations, procedures, burden of proof, evidence requirements--what it takes to win.
5) Finally, if you are successful, your advocate can only be paid a small percentage of your back pay settlement. The checks you may get for the rest of your life belong to you, 100 percent.
If you need help getting Social Security disability benefits, including help with a hearing or appeal, call me here at the Forsythe Firm in Huntsville. Free consultations. We never ask for money. (256) 799-0297.
You hesitate to hire an attorney or advocate to help you, figuring that it will save you money if you can do it all yourself. Here's what's wrong with that reasoning:
1) A professional advocate or attorney may not cost you a dime. If your application goes through without a hitch, Social Security does not pay the first 5 months of disability anyway (the waiting period). So, you get approved quickly, there is no back pay, there is no attorney fee. But you got the help you needed - FREE.
2) If your case has problems--and most will--and you have to appeal (most will) -your representative cannot get paid until after you are approved and back payments are paid to you. So, there is no risk. If aren't successful the representative has worked for free--absolutely free.
3) If you do get into the murky water of a legal appeal, you will wind up before an administrative law judge. Your odds of being approved (and getting all your back pay) are much greater with a professional representative at your side. At this point you have waited 2 to 3 years on your benefits and losing is not an option.
4) An attorney or non-attorney disability advocate knows the Social Security regulations, procedures, burden of proof, evidence requirements--what it takes to win.
5) Finally, if you are successful, your advocate can only be paid a small percentage of your back pay settlement. The checks you may get for the rest of your life belong to you, 100 percent.
If you need help getting Social Security disability benefits, including help with a hearing or appeal, call me here at the Forsythe Firm in Huntsville. Free consultations. We never ask for money. (256) 799-0297.
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