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Getting a disability attorney before a social security disability claim has been denied can be beneficial for many claimants. Will it improve the chances of being approved for disability benefits? In some cases, yes, but for others the answer is probably no. This is because disability cases fall into two distinct categories: A. those that would have been approved, with or without an attorney, and B. those that would have been denied, regardless of the involvement of an attorney. In other words, prior to the disability hearing level, where a disability attorney may actually present a rationale for approval to an administrative law judge, there is actually little for an attorney to do on a social security disability or SSI case. Having said that, though, it is nonetheless also true that many claimants will benefit from representation early on in the process. One of the chief benefits of early representation, of course, is that having an attorney file your paperwork for you (application paperwork, appeal paperwork, and the various questionaires that may need to be submitted) can significantly reduce the opportunity for missed disability appeal deadlines. And, though somewhat rare, there are instances in which legal representation can review the basis of denial for a disability application, identify an error that was made in the decision-making process (made by a disability examiner), and then successfully win a claimant's case through the filing of a request for reconsideration. 
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