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Very often, the person who gets denied on an application for disability benefits will begin to search out an attorney to handle their claim. And in most cases, this may be advisable. However, regardless of whether a claimant chooses to find representation or not (or chooses to retain an attorney at a later stage), their first thought after being denied on a claim should be...to file an appeal. The majority of all disability claimants will improve the odds of eventually winning their SSD (social security disability) or SSI claim... if they appeal after their claim has been denied. Shouldn't be this obvious, you might ask? Not to everyone. A depressing number of claimants choose to give up on their claim for disability benefits once their application has been denied. And an amazing number of applicants make the decision to start over with a new application instead of filing appeal paperwork. Why someone would do this represents a large question mark since to do so effectively means giving up your appeal rights. However, it may be that some claimants become confused and believe that filing a new application is synonymous with initiating an appeal (and it definitely is not). Can a person who has filed for disability benefits do an appeal on their own? Yes, in fact at every level of the disability process a social security or SSI claimant is allowed to file and proceed unrepresented, even in federal district court. Claimants whose cases have progressed to the hearing level, though, would be more than well-advised to find representation, certainly no later than the time at which a social security hearing has been requested. 
The main point to follow, however, is simply that if an application for disability benefits get denied, file an appeal and do it quickly. The social security administration will allow a claimant a maximum of sixty days time in which to file an appeal, but, of course, the sooner the appeal is requested the faster a disability case will move through the system. Claimants should also keep in mind this one distressing reality: not everything that is mailed to a social security office actually turns up there. We can only speculate as to why so much of the mail that is sent to the social security administration ends up "missing", but since this is such a frequent occurrence, claimants should always be mindful of how much time they have left with regard to meeting a deadline--meaning that appeals should always be filed ASAP after a social security disability or SSI claim has been denied. Disability Lawyer Help on disability 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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