How Can a Lawyer Improve Your Chances of Winning Social Security Disability?
You can see from the numbers above that your best chance of winning Social Security Disability benefits is after a hearing with a disability judge.
Your disability hearing is the second step of appealing a benefits denial after asking for a reconsideration—which few people get approved.
Why is your hearing so much of a better chance?
- It’s your only chance to explain in person to an important decision-maker at Social Security how your health problems afflict your daily life.
It’s the most personal moment in your disability claim.
And at this step, your chances of winning disability with a lawyer helping you are even higher than going on your own:
- A government study of disability hearing results found that people who brought representatives, like attorneys, with them to their hearings were almost three times more likely to get the judge’s approval of benefits.
This is important to know about working with a disability lawyer:
You don’t pay an attorney fee for a disability lawyer until you win benefits.
When you win, the fee doesn’t come out of your pocket. It comes from back benefits, and it can’t exceed limits set by Social Security.
Get started on your path to greater economic stability: Contact the Oklahoma disability lawyers at Troutman & Troutman for FREE CONSULTATION on your benefits claim.
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What Can You Do to Improve Your Chances of Winning Disability Benefits in Oklahoma?
Social Security is always looking to be tough on disability applications and deny benefits at any sign of weakness—to prove there’s little fraud in the system.
To improve your chances of winning disability benefits, build the strongest claim you can from the beginning by being thorough and avoiding mistakes.
These are some of the top ways to make a better disability claim:
- Apply as soon as you know you can’t work. Delays in filing can make it look like you’re not as serious.
- Fill out all application forms completely (don’t leave blanks).
- Give correct information (Social Security can and will check it).
- Make your answers clear and understandable.
- Provide details, even small ones you might not think of at first, like basic tasks that your past jobs required but you can’t do now because of your health.
- Respond in a timely way to Social Security requests for more forms and information.
- Continue getting medical treatment (this creates evidence to support your claim).
- Make sure Social Security gets copies of your doctors’ reports, medical test results, medical imaging, records of hospital stays and more.
- Don’t try to keep working anything close to a full-time job. If you make much income at all, Social Security will decide you don’t need help.
- Appeal your case if Social Security denies you. You saw above how few people receive benefits at first, and how many more win on appeal.
- Work with a disability lawyer, for no up-front cost and a better chance of winning.
Social Security Disability benefits provide stability and peace after major medical problems disrupt your life.
Get Troutman & Troutman to help you improve your chances of winning these life-changing benefits.
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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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