Obviously, the exact value will depend on the claimant's age, amount of the monthly benefit and other factors. In addition to the cash value, Medicare coverage adds a tremendous additional value to an approved disability claim.
According to an advocate at Huntsville's Forsythe Firm, "Getting a Social Security disability claim approved these days is often not an easy matter," he says. "In Alabama, slightly over 70 percent of disability applications are denied and require a hearing. We may wait a year or longer to get a hearing."
Results at disability hearings are not guaranteed. Award rates vary from office to office and district to district. The award rate at Alabama hearings is about 42 percent.
What is the biggest single mistake made by Social Security disability claimants? Failure to appeal within 60 days of denial. Few cases are won these days without an appeal.
You may get more information about Social Security disability representation or by calling (256) 799-0297 in Huntsville.
MEMBER: National Organization of Social Security
Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR)
Your experienced social security disability attorney can be particularly helpful throughout the claim process after your first denial. Your doctors may have to be prodded to provide records, additional doctors, therapists, and counselors may need to be contacted. Your attorney will write, and talk to them in person as necessary. Your attorney may ask them to prepare statements about your physical or psychological limitations that consider the specific points that the ALJ will be looking for in deciding your claim. Your attorney will then prepare you and any witnesses he/she feels are necessary for their testimony at the ALJ hearing, and your attorney will accompany you and represent you at the hearing itself.
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