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Questions & Answers about filing for disability


  1.  How long does it take to get a Social Security Disability, ssi case approved ? 

  2.  SSDI Lawyer referral 

  3.  Applying for disability 

  4.  Social security past due payments 

  5.  Social security physical exam 

  6.  Rulings of social security administrative law judges 

  7.   What medical problems will allow me to get social security disability or ssi ?  

  8.  If I get social security disability or ssi will I get healthcare benefits ?  

  9.  What if social security wants me to go to one of their doctors ?  

  10.  Average amount of time to get approved for social security disability or ssi disability benefits ?  

  11.  Why do you need a lawyer or attorney on a social security disability or ssi case ?  

  12.  Denied on first try for social security disability ssi - how do I appeal  

  13.  When should you get a disability attorney ?  










Regarding the issue of representation and representatives:

Unfortunately, most Social Security Disability and ssi disability claims processed in the state of Rhode Island are denied at the Initial Claim and Reconsideration levels.

For this reason, most claims in Rhode Island will need to be heard by an Administrative Law Judge before a claimant can eventually hope to receive benefits.

However, it is at the level of an ALJ hearing that one should always be accompanied by a Disability Attorney or Non Attorney Claimant's Representative.

While a disability attorney or non attorney representative cannot guarantee that a claimant in Rhode Island will be awarded social security disability or ssi benefits, such an individual can guarantee that a case will be properly developed prior to a hearing date.

The simple fact is that most claimants will have no idea how to properly and thoroughly prepare a disability case for a hearing, whereas an attorney or non attorney disability representative can apply a certain level of familiarity and expertise with social security rules and regulations toward the goal of obtaining a favorable outcome on a case. And, in many cases, an attorney or non attorney representative will have several years of invaluable ssdi and ssi claim experience to lend to a claimant's disability case.

Can a claimant who is not represented by an attorney or non attorney in Rhode Island still win an ssd or ssi disability claim at an ALJ hearing? Yes.

However, the odds of winning a social security disability or ssi claim before an Administrative Law Judge are markedly decreased when a claimant does not employ the services of an attorney or non attorney representative; therefore, a claimant should weigh the risk of going unrepresented to a hearing when their future livelihood is literally at stake---particularly when it takes so long to get to an ssdi disability hearing in the first place.

And even unrepresented claimants who are successful and win their claims may find that they did not get as much in past due benefits, or backpay, as they thought they were entitled to. Of course, a representative will always try to prove the earliest date of onset for a claimant's condition for the purpose of getting the most backpay for an ssd or ssi claimant.

Disability attorneys and lawyers in the state of Rhode Island do a great many things to ensure that a social security disability or ssi claim will have the best chance of winning ssdi benefits. This includes gathering medical records, obtaining detailed statements from a claimant's treating physicians, and, at the time of the hearing, applying a thorough understanding of SSA regulations and requirements to the disability adjudication process.

Though attorney or non attorney representation is never required in a disability claim, to attend a hearing before a judge without the assistance of a disability attorney or non attorney representative is unwise and may result in a lost opportunity to win disability benefits.

















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