How to Apply for Social Security Disability in Broken Arrow
These are the major parts to applying for Social Security Disability benefits:
- Gathering records and reports from your doctor visits and treatments
- Gathering information about your work history, including dates of jobs, job descriptions, and employers where you worked
- Gathering financial information like tax forms
- Describing your education and training background
- Filling out pages of forms, starting with the “Application for Disability Insurance Benefits, Form SSA-16” and the “Adult Disability Report, Form 3368-BK”
- Filing all of your materials online (the most common way) or by phone or in person at a Social Security office
It’s easy to make mistakes in your Social Security Disability application because Social Security has a highly particular way of viewing what it means to have a disability.
An experienced disability attorney can ask you the right questions to get the right information for your claim. We also know what details don’t matter for your claim that you don’t need to put down.
Even after all this work, a hard fact about the Social Security Disability process is that a large majority of people get denied when they first apply—about two-thirds of applications were denied in Oklahoma in recent years according to numbers compiled by the National Association of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives.
It’s always free to have an initial conversation with our Social Security Disability attorney team.
What It Takes to Win Social Security Disability in Broken Arrow
Social Security will put your disability benefits application through several tests before it decides whether to award you benefits.
To qualify for Social Security Disability, you must…
- Not be working
- Have severe health problems
- Have an impairment recognized by Social Security
- Have another illness that’s equivalent to a listed impairment
- Be unable to continue in your most recent job
- Be unable to switch to any other job
But you can’t just tell Social Security these things; you have to prove it to them with evidence and legal arguments.
It can take months to get an answer on your Social Security Disability application.
They deny so many people partly because the government is always trying to stop anyone it doesn’t think should get benefits.
But that also adds steps, rules and complexity for you. If you need to appeal a denial, it adds more months to your case.
The system isn’t friendly. But your disability lawyer looks out for you, answers your questions, keeps you updated on your case, and helps you get the best chance you can of winning benefits.
The Social Security Disability lawyers at Troutman have 150 years of experience between them.
Get us to help you apply for disability benefits and build a foundation for a more secure future.
Wherever You Are in the Disability Benefits Process, We Can Help
You may be trying to determine if Social Security Disability benefits are right for you. You may be facing a long, complicated benefits application. Or you’ve applied and been denied. Now what? The Troutman & Troutman Oklahoma disability attorneys can help.
Disability Attorneys Answer Your Questions about Social Security
Your life has been disrupted by health problems. You’ve had to leave work. You’re worried about money. Social Security Disability benefits can provide relief, but they’re complicated. You’ve got a lot of questions. The Troutman & Troutman Tulsa disability lawyers have answers.
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