Steps to Take when You’re Denied for Social Security Disability
Most of the time, when you get an SSDI denial, you should file an appeal. After appeals are counted, the low approval rate for Social Security Disability goes up by 10%.
Here is what it means to start an appeal:
- Studying your denial letter for reasons they rejected your claim
- Submitting forms telling Social Security that you’re appealing
- Submitting updated medical evidence and information to correct weak spots in your application
- ALERT: YOU MUST FILE YOUR APPEAL WITHIN 60 DAYS OF RECEIVING THE DENIAL.
The 60-day deadline to file your appeal is important. If you miss that, you could have to start your disability case from the beginning and wait longer for a result.
As soon as you get denied, talk to the disability attorneys at Troutman & Troutman for a free review of your case and what it’s going to take to turn a no into a yes.
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How Our Tulsa Disability Lawyers Help when You’re Appealing a Disability Denial
Appealing a Social Security Disability denial is more complicated than the process of applying in the first place.
It becomes much more like a legal case, addressing finer points of the law, presenting new evidence, going to hearings before judges, giving testimony and more.
When you’re appealing your denial of disability benefits, the Tulsa disability attorneys at Troutman & Troutman take care of all of this for you, and more:
- Analyzing why you were denied
- Identifying mistakes by Social Security
- Keeping you on top of deadlines for filing appeals forms
- Updating your Social Security file with new medical records
- Building legal arguments before your disability hearing
- Preparing you to testify to an administrative law judge
- Supporting you during your hearing
- Questioning vocational or medical experts who testify
- Appealing your case to higher levels if the judge denies you
- Taking your case to the final step—federal court—if needed
It can make a real difference to have a lawyer when you’re appealing a denial of disability benefits.
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report found that people who had representatives like attorneys with them in their disability hearings had their benefits approved almost three times more often than people who went alone.
They put a lot of hurdles between you and the more secure life you can have with disability benefits.
Troutman & Troutman’s Oklahoma disability lawyers have made it their life’s work to lift up you and your family during difficult times.
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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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