This information may help claimants with representation, as well as claimants who are not represented by an attorney or non attorney representative. Understanding how the Social Security Disability system works can make the difference between winning or not winning the continuing disability benefits and backpay to which a person is entitled. To win a claim for ongoing and past due benefits, claimants should learn about the disability process to improve their chances of winning benefits. |
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This is absolutely not the case.
Just as social security disability cases are not automatically denied on the very first application, neither are they denied a certain number of times before they are later approved. Actually, if you take about a hundred social security disability claims, you'll find that, of them, about thirty will be approved initially (i.e., at the initial claim level). What happens to the remaining seventy? Well, that depends on what the claimant decides to do in each case. If the disability claimant decides to start all over with a new application for benefits, they will, most likely, get denied all over again. And if they keep filing new applications, they will get denied again and again...and again and again. (I've seen individuals go through this cycle as many as 17 times!) However, if the claimant makes the right decision and appeals, they will have the chance of eventually getting approved---assuming they are disabled and their medical records attest to this. Of course, approvals in most cases tends to happen after attending a social security disability hearing with a judge (represented, of course). Why do so many people have to go through the disability system so many times? Well, in some cases it's because they simply did not qualify for disability status at the time they filed with the social security administration. Later, as their condition worsened over time, or they got older (people do age into disability allowances, especially after age 50 or 55), they met the necessary qualifications and became eligible for disability benefits. In other cases, though, a very extended and unpleasant experience with the social security disability system was simply due to the fact that disability claimants did not appeal their denials or did not find someone to help them with their claim. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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If you suffer from a medical disability such as hip, neck, shoulder, ankle, wrist, back, or other joint problems, disc herniation, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, rsi or repetetive stress injury, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, dysthymia, depression or other mood disorders, congestive or chronic heart failure, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, diabetic neuropathy, high blood pressure (hypertension), seizure disorder, stroke, copd, emphysema, hearing loss or poor hearing, statutory blindness, peripheral field problems or other vision loss, clinical obesity, attention deficit hyperactivity or, simply, adhd, bipolar disorder or manic depression, panic disorder, schizophrenia, autism, head trauma, memory loss, low iq, mental retardation, learning disability, epilepsy, cancer, chronic fatigue, multiple sclerosis, lupus, anxiety, inner ear problems, meniere's, vertigo or dizziness, kidney failure requiring dialysis or other renal problems, cirrhosis, hepatitis, or other liver disease, pancreatitis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, asthma, bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, rsd or reflex sympathetic dystrophy, crohn's disease, sarcoidosis, peripheral vascular disease, lyme disease, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, hiv, aids, anemia, sickle cell, thyroid problems including hypothyroidism, esrd or end stage renal disease, reflux, gerd (gastroesophageal reflux disease), cfids, muscular dystrophy, coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, or tachycardia, bradycardia or other arrhythmia and have initiated or been denied on a social security disability, or ssi, claim for benefits, this site may assist you with your case. Social Security Disability benefits are often difficult to win; however many claims for social security disability are lost simply because a claimant did not know enough about the disability process to their social security or ssi claim. For information re: representation on a social security disability or ssi claim (attorney or non attorney representative), see the "questions" & "how" pages. |
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