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Bipolar Disorder and Receiving Social Security Disability

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

If you or a loved one is bipolar, it may have reached a point where it is debilitating. Bipolar disorder may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

Do you or your loved one need help because of your disability? Do you need financial help?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by bipolar disorder? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If this is what you decide to do, here is something to think about.

You or your loved one will need a reputable disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com to counsel and advise you in what can be a long and trying process. The reason for this being true is because people who are aided and represented by a reliable disability attorney are approved more often than those people who do not have a lawyer.

What is bipolar disorder? Bipolar disorder is not a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders characterized by the presence of one or more episodes of abnormally heightened mood, clinically referred to mania.

People who have manic episodes also usually experience depressive episodes or symptoms, or mixed episodes which have features of both mania and depression. These episodes are normally separated by periods of normal mood, but in some patients, depression and mania may rapidly alternate. This is known as rapid cycling.

Bipolar disorder used to be called manic-depressive illness. Bipolar disorder is considered to be a more neutral term. This is to avoid the stigma of combining “manic” and “depression” by the general population. Bipolar disorder has also been known as bipolar affective disorder.

Bipolar disorder has been subdivided into bipolar I, bipolar II and cyclothymia. These classifications are based on the type and severity of mood episodes the person experiences

The signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder are distinguished by alternating periods of mania (highs) and depression (lows). Some of the effects the mania phase of the disorder may have on you are:

  • Poor judgment
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Feelings of euphoria, inflated self-esteem and extreme optimism
  • Racing thoughts, rapid speech, agitation and increased physical activity
  • Tendency to be easily distracted
  • Taking chances normally not taken or recklessness
  • Aggressive behavior
  • Inability to concentrate.

Effects caused by the depression phase are:

  1. Problems concentrating
  2. Irritability
  3. Disturbances in appetite and sleep
  4. Persistent feelings of sadness, guilt, hopelessness and anxiety
  5. Fatigue and loss of interest in daily activities
  6. Chronic pain without a known cause
  7. Recurring thoughts of suicide.

What happens if I try to work while applying for Social Security disability benefits?

Friday, June 5th, 2009

You can work and still apply for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income. You also may be able to continue working and receive Social Security Disability Benefits. The Social Security Administration will determine if you are eligible for benefits by determining if you are able to engage in substantial gainful activity (SGA).

Substantial gainful activity for individuals who are blind is currently $1,640 (this amount does not apply to Supplemental Security Income benefits). For individuals who are not blind, the monthly substantial gainful activity amount for 2009, is $980 before taxes. If you are making more than the allocated SGA limits the Social Security Administration will automatically deny your benefits and consider you not disabled. For updated SGA annual amounts please review SSA’s pulication 05-10003.

Unfortunately, if you are still working after you apply for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income for practical purposes, it may hurt your chances of approval. To receive Social Security Disability benefits the Administrative Law Judge (at the hearing level) or the case examiner at the Social Security Disability application level will be examining your case to determine if you could do any type of work full time. Full time is forty hours per week, which is eight hours, five days a week. The jobs the Administrative Law Judge can consider could be unskilled jobs which could be done sitting, with little or no training, and low stress. Examples of unskilled labor can include the following jobs:

  • Taper, printed circuit layout
  • Textile Inspector
  • Call-out Operator
  • Egg Processor
  • Polisher,
  • Order puller

The Social Security Administration could argue you could these jobs with little skill or interaction with a boss, or co-worker. If you are currently working part time at a low skilled job, making $800 per month, the Administrative Law Judge may decide that you could work a little bit more with a little more effort. If he makes this decision, he will conclude you are not disabled.

Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income benefits are for individuals who are unable to work. If you are able to do any type of work over the SGA amount, even if it is a job you have not done before or one you may not be interested in doing, if it is something you could qualify for based on your age, educational background and work history, you will probably not be eligible for Social Security Disability benefits. Your Social Security Disability Attorneys job in your Social Security Disability Hearing is to convince the Administrative Law Judge you are unable to do any type of job full time. This can include even a low stress, simple, unskilled job.

Many individuals have tried several attempts to go back to work and have been unable to maintain employment due to their physical or mental disability. Multiple unsuccessful attempts to return to work can actually help your Social Security Disability Claim. If you have tried to work, but have been unsuccessful, your willingness to try could show the Administrative Law Judge that you are motivated but simply unable to work.

If you are considering filing a Social Security Disability Application or if you have filed and have been turned down, contact a Social Security Disability Attorney who can help increase your chances of receiving either Supplemental Security Income or Social Security Disability Insurance at all stages of the Social Security Disability application process.

Receiving Social Security Disability After Anal Cancer Diagnosis

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Cancer is often a frightenting diagnosis. Some people won’t talk about cancer when it shows up in a place that isn’t considered a good topic for “polite conversation”. Often the treatment for cancer can be more disabling than the actual disease. Getting a disability living allowance from Social Security for your disability caused by cancer can be as much of a fight as you face in trying to conquer cancer.

Hopefully, Farrah Fawcett’s struggle with anal cancer and the battle for her life will highlight how difficult and painful it is to live through the medical treatments available for the disease.

Cancer begins in your cells, the building blocks of your body. When things are going right, your body produces new cells as you need them. These new cells replace old cells that die. 

Sometimes this process does not work the way it should. Old cells do not die when they should, and new cells develop even when you do not need them.

These extra cells may form a mass called a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant.  Benign tumors are not cancer. Malignant ones are cancer.

Cancer is not one disease, but a group of diseases. Each of these diseases is characterized by cells that are aggressive (they grow and divide without respect to normal limits), invasive (they invade and destroy adjacent tissue) and sometimes metastatic (they spread to other parts of your body).

Anal cancer is a type of cancer that develops in your anal canal. It is a disease where cancer cells form in the tissues of your anus.

Your anal canal is a short tube at the end of your rectum. It consists of the outer layers of your skin and the end of your large intestine. Your stool passes through this canal and out of your body when you go to the bathroom.

Fortunately, anal cancer is an uncommon form of cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, around 5,000 people are diagnosed with anal cancer in the United States each year.

Women are a little more likely to get anal cancer than men. The prime age for getting the disease is your early sixties.

There are several different ways that anal cancer may affect you. It may cause:

  • Pain in or around your anus
  • An itching sensation around or inside of your anus
  • A growth or mass in your anal canal
  • Bleeding from your rectum or anus
  • Anal discharge
  • A change in your bowel habits like constipation, diarrhea or thinning of your stools.

Only a small percentage of anal cancer spreads to other parts of your body. When it does happen it usually goes to your lungs and liver. Anal cancer that spreads is particularly difficult to treat.

If you or your loved one has a disabilty caused by anal cancer, you may need help. You may need financial help.

Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by anal cancer? Were you denied?

You may be thinking about appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

You will need a smart disability lawyer to represent you in this process. The reason why this is true is because people who have a skilled disability attorney representing them are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

What Should I Expect At My Social Security Disability Hearing?

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Many Social Security Disability applicants will wait up to a year or longer for their chance to present their Social Security Disability claim to an Administrative Law Judge. All Social Security Disability denials up to this point were done by a state medical examiner who did not have the opportunity to speak with you, discuss your Social Security Disability claim with a vocational expert or hear evidence presented by your Social Security Disability lawyer.

The Social Security Disability hearing will give you an opportunity to present your Social Security Disability case in a face to face meeting with an Administrative Law Judge who is free to review all of your medical information with out prejudice or regard to other decisions made by a state medical examiner.

Most Social Security Disability hearings will be held in a small room in a court house near your residence. The Social Security Disability hearings are not open to the public, and there will not be a contentious argument between a prosecutor and defensive attorney, in fact, the state does not even have an attorney present. In most Social Security Disability Hearings there will be a calm, open discussion between all the participants. The participants will include the Administrative Law Judge, your Social Security Disability lawyer, a vocational expert and a judicial assistant who will record the hearing.

Other medical expert witnesses (psychiatrists, internists, cardiologists, orthopedists) may be requested by the Administrative Law Judge. Their purpose is to help the Administrative Law Judge understand medical aspects of your Social Security Disability case. Medical experts may be requested for Social Security Disability cases where the Social Security Disability claimant has multiple physical and mental impairments or if their medical documentation is difficult to understand or contains contradicting information.

The vocational expert is present to identify and classify the type of work you have done in the past (skilled, unskilled and semi-skilled) and if your mental or physical health condition is too severe to allow for employment in your past profession. If the vocational expert determines you cannot perform your current job, he may be able to identify additional jobs you could be retrained to perform- given your skill sets, educational level, age and job experience. The vocational experts commonly refer to the Directory of Occupational Titles to identify the requirements a person must have to engage in any job available with in the United States. If you have hired a Social Security Disability attorney, they will be able to cross examine the medical examiner and/or the vocational expert in an effort to discredit or clarify their testimony.

Many Social Security Disability claimants find the Social Security Disability hearing stressful and will become very emotional or nervous. This is normal, but if you have a good Social Security Disability attorney they will be able to prepare you for what to expect. In most hearings, the Administrative Law Judge will ask very basic background questions:  address, birth date, school background and your name. They will also ask questions about your past work experience and job responsibilities: physical and mental job requirements including your ability to stand, sit, push, pull and lift. The Administrative Law Judge will also ask specific information concerning your mental and physical health condition and any limitations you now face in daily house hold activities. The judge will use this information to determine if you are able to perform your past job or any other type of job. The most important thing to remember while testifying is to be specific, tell the truth, be descriptive and have a positive attitude.

Each Administrative Law Judge has his or her own personal style regarding testimony and questioning. Certain Administrative Law Judges will ask all of the questions themselves, while others will expect your Social Security Disability attorney to ask you all relevant questions regarding your background, medical information and job responsibilities. At the end of all of your testimony the expert witnesses (Vocational and Medical) may present their evidence and your Social Security Disability lawyer will have the chance to contradict or clarify their expert testimony.

At the end of the Social Security Disability hearing the Administrative Law Judge will hear final comments. You and your Social Security Disability attorney may be asked for closing comments. Most Social Security benefit decisions will be made by written notice four to six weeks after the administrative hearing. In a few instances, the Administrative Law Judge may present the decision at the close of the hearing, but this will be the exception.

Asthma And Disability

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Are you one of the millions and millions of people in the United States who suffers with asthma?  Does your spouse or your child with disability have asthma?  

Is asthma so severe that it is causing a disability for you, your spouse, or your child with disability?  Is asthma the reason you or your spouse is unable to work? 

If this describes your situation, you may need help.  You may need financial help. 

If you are a single parent and your child with disability has asthma, your need for financial help is probably even greater. 

You may be in the process of looking for help.  You may be looking into the various options that you have open to you.  

One option you may or may not have thought about is applying for a Social Security disability benefit or disability benefit from the Social Security Administration for you, your spouse, or your child with disability because of the disability caused by asthma

You may have already filed for a Social Security disability benefit or disability benefit for you, your spouse, or your child with disability because of the disability caused by asthma and been turned down.  

What do you do now?  What can you do now? 

You may or may not have thought about reapplying or appealing the denial by the Social Security Administration.  If you decide to appeal or reapply with the social security administration for a Social Security disability benefit or disability benefit for you, your spouse, or your child with disability because of the disability caused by asthma, there is something crucial you should know.  You will need the help and direction of an experienced disability lawyer to guide and assist you through this process. 

You are where you need to be.  This is the Website where you need to be.  The expert disability lawyer who will work with you through SocialSecurityHome.com can guide and aid you in appealing or reapplying for a Social Security disability benefit or disability benefit because of asthma for you, your spouse, or your child with disability

It may be helpful to you to know some basic things about asthma.  It will help you to be better equipped and prepared. 

Asthma is a chronic condition, which means it is recurrent or long lasting.  Asthma involves the respiratory system in a way in which the airway occasionally constricts, becomes inflamed, and is lined with excessive amounts of mucus.  This often happens as the result of one or more triggers.  These attacks may be triggered by such things as exposure to an environmental stimulant (or allergen) such as moist air, cold air, warm air, exertion or exercise, or emotional stress.  In children, the most common triggers are viral illnesses like those that cause the common cold. 

Asthma is increasing rapidly in developed countries like the United States.  It is now estimated that asthma affects up to one in four children in urban areas.  It is estimated that 17,000,000 people are affected by asthma in the United States, alone. 

There are several different types of asthma.  These include allergic asthma, cough-variant asthma, exercise-induced asthma, nocturnal asthma, occupational asthma, and adult-onset asthma. 

The signs and symptoms of asthma can be anywhere from mild to severe.  Before an asthma attack there are usually some warning signs.  Here are some symptoms to watch out for: 

  • Chest pain or tightness
  • Increased wheezing or shortness of breath
  • Inability to sleep because of wheezing, shortness of breath, or coughing. 

Asthma may be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.  If asthma runs in your family you are more likely to get this condition.  If you are sensitive to environmental irritants or allergens you are more likely to develop asthma.  Some of the environmental allergens and irritants that can trigger asthma are: 

  • Smoke
  • Cockroaches and dust mites
  • Pollen, animal dander, or mold]
  • Air pollutants and irritants
  • Strong odors, scented products, or chemicals
  • Respiratory infections like the common cold
  • Cold air
  • Stress and strong emotions
  • Exercise or physical exertion. 

Diagnosing asthma can be hard because the signs and symptoms are similar to other conditions like emphysema, vocal cord problems, or congestive heart failure in its early stages.  In order to rule out these other conditions there are several tests the doctor may perform.  In addition the doctor will probably ask for your complete medical history, and want you to have a physical exam. 

In addition to their being different types of asthma, there are also different ways that asthma is classified: 

Ø  Mild intermittent.  This is the mildest form of asthma.  Usually, the symptoms are mild for up to two days a week and up to two nights a month.

Ø  Mild persistent.  This is asthma where the symptoms are mild more than two times a week, but no more than once a day.

Ø  Moderate persistent.  This involves symptoms once a day and more than one night a week.

Ø  Severe persistent.  This is the most severe class of asthma.  This involves symptoms that go on thru the day on most days and often at night. 

One of the most effective ways of treating your asthma is to identify what triggers an attack, and avoid or eliminate your exposure to them.  Several types of medications are used in treating asthma.  Most of the time it involves a combination of quick relief and long-term control medications.  There are also some alternative treatments people have tried, but the results are inconclusive as to how beneficial they really are.

Getting Benefits From SSDI

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Difficulties surrounding disability can be bad enough without having to stuggle with the money. You might not have expected the amount of time, effort and, most of all, money that goes into trying to keep the disability from consuming their entire lives. Bouncing back and forth between doctors and specialists while attempting to keep or find a job is a hard way to live and quickly puts many disabled individuals into financial hardship. In such circumstances, seeking financial assistance through Social Security Disability or SSDI can be a very effective means of getting things back in control.

However, the process of receiving SSDI benefits itself can be a very time consuming endeavor that leaves many who were unprepared frustrated and lost. You have to channel your frustrations and disappointment into some research and hard work. Take the time to familiarize yourself with SSDI at the beginning so that the filing process will not confuse you. There are many resources available here on Social Security Home that will give you the tools that you will need in order to successfully file your claim and start receiving benefits.

If spending hours sifting through legal documents is not your idea of a good time, then hiring an experienced attorney is a necessity. There are many affordable attorneys who specialize in SSDI who will be able to answer questions about your specific case and represent you throughout the entire filing process. More information about these attorneys as well as resources for finding a lawyer in your area can be found by continuing to explore Social Security Home.

How To Apply For Social Security Disability Benefits

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

If you have become disabled and are not able to work for at least twelve months due to a physical or mental health limitation you may be eligible for Social Security Disability payments. The Social Security Administration administers two different disability programs. They are Social Security Disability Insurance and Supplemental Security Income.

Social Security Disability Insurance requires that you are disabled and you have worked a certain number of pay periods and paid employment taxes. When you work and pay taxes you are accumulating work credits. If you become disabled and have enough work credits accumulated you may be able to draw Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. Benefits may also be available to widows, dependents and widowers.

Supplemental Security Income is the second program administered by the Social Security Administration. This program is for individuals who are aged (65 years or older), blind or individuals who have limited income and resources and are disabled and unable to work. The disability requirements that must be met for each program are the same. Limited income and resources are determined by the Social Security Administration and the amount can vary by year.

To apply for Social Security Disability benefits, both SSI and SSDI, you can contact the Social Security Administration in the following ways:

  1. Call the Social Security Administration’s Office at 1-800-772-1213
  2. Visit the Social Security Administration online at www.socialsecurity.gov and complete the Social Security Disability application.
  3. Make an appointment to meet with a Social Security Disability representative at a local Social Security Administration Office. To locate the nearest Social Security Administration office in your area go to the www.socialsecurity.gov website and find the Social Security Administration office locator page. Enter your zip code and the nearest Social Security Administration Regional Office in your area will be listed for you.
  4. After you have met with a SSA representative or filled out the Social Security Disability Application on line your completed Social Security Disability application will be sent to the appropriate Social Security Administration Office. It may take 30-90 days for your Social Security Disability application to be processed. If you are denied Social Security Disability benefits, they will send you a denial letter in the mail. You have 60 days from the date of the denial letter to file your Social Security Disability benefits. If you are approved for Social Security Disability benefits they will send you a letter outlining the Social Security Disability benefits you can expect to receive and the date you will receive them.

If you are applying for Social Security Disability Benefits or if you have questions regarding Social Security Disability benefits, you can contact a Social Security Disability lawyer who can answer all of your Social Security Disability questions. If you have been denied benefits a Social Security Disability Attorney can also help with each phase of the Social Security Disability appeals process and increase your chances for getting benefits.

What Does a Social Security Disability Attorney Do?

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

If you are considering applying for Social Security Disability Insurance or Supplemental Security Income benefits the expertise of a Social Security Disability Attorney can help. A Social Security Disability Attorney can increase your chances of receiving Social Security Disability benefits at each stage of the Social Security Disability application and appeals process. The Social Security Disability Attorney will not complete the Social Security Disability application process but if you have retained a Social Security Disability Attorney this may increase your chances of receiving Social Security Disability benefits even at the application level. If you are denied Social Security Disability Benefits a Social Security Disability Attorney will complete the following tasks for you:

• The Social Security Attorney will review all of your medical information and your initial Social Security Disability application to make sure it included all relevant information.
• The Social Security Attorney will complete the first step of the Social Security Disability appeal’s process. In most states this is the Reconsideration phase. The Reconsideration paperwork must be submitted to the Social Security Administration with in sixty days of the Social Security Disability denial letter. There are ten states which do not have the Reconsideration phase and the first step in the Social Security Disability appeals process will be a Judicial hearing with an Administrative Law Judge.
• The Social Security Disability Attorney will present your Social Security Disability Case before the Administrative Law Judge. This will include gathering all of your medical information and developing a persuasive case, meeting with you prior to the Judicial hearing and arguing your Social Security Disability case before the Administrative Law Judge.
• The Social Security Disability Attorney can help appeal your Social Security Disability case to the Advisory Council if the Administrative Judge does not approve your Social Security Disability claim.

If you have applied and been denied Social Security Disability benefits you can get help. Unfortunately, most Social Security Disability applications are denied at the initial phases of the Social Security Disability process. Do not get discouraged even if you have been denied at the initial level and the reconsideration level, with a competent Social Security Disability Attorney arguing your Social Security Disability case at the Judicial Hearing level you have a strong chance that your Social Security Disability benefits will be approved. Call today or fill out the FREE evaluation form to discuss your Social Security Disability case with a qualified Social Security Disability Attorney.

Do I have a good Social Security Disability Case?

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

One of the most common questions that an applicant applying for Social Security Disability benefits will ask is: Do I have a good Social Security Disability Case?

The Social Security Administration has very specific requirements that an individual must meet to be determined disabled, so this is not always an easy question to answer. The Social Security Administration will first determine if you are working and making less than a pre-determined allowable amount. This amount can vary each year. If you do not meet the first criteria, they will not examine your medical conditions, and you will automatically be denied Social Security Disability benefits.

Next they will review the severity of your conditions and whether you will have the physical or mental limitations for at least twelve months or the conditions will result in death. Finally they will review your ability to perform work. The Social Security Administration will review your ability to perform your current job as well as other jobs which you could be trained to do.

Many people can not perform their current job due to health conditions, but to obtain Social Security Disability benefits you must prove you are unable to re-train to perform any other type of work. The Social Security Administration will review a variety of factors to determine if you could do other jobs including your education, age, past work experience and other job skills.

If your Social Security Disability claim is at the judicial hearing level one of the main tasks for your Social Security Disability Attorney is to provide evidence that you are incapable of performing any other job due to your mental or physical health conditions. Many hearings will have a job expert that will provide job recommendations that they think you may be able to do. Your Social Security Disability Attorney can provide expert information on the limitations you might have in performing these jobs. Limitations such as your inability to walk, stand or sit may be obvious, but other limitations such as the side effects of your medications or frequent medical appointments may not be.

It is important to consult with a Social Security Disability Attorney who can review your Social Security Disability claim and help outline your disability and how it will keep you from working any type of job or performing any type of substantial gainful activity.

Why Does it take so long to receive Social Security Disability Benefits?

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Each year thousands of Social Security Disability applicants are forced to wait months and sometimes even years to receive Social Security Disability benefits. There are several reasons why it takes so long for the Social Security Administration to process Social Security disability claims, but in general a Social Security Disability application can take up to 100 days at the initial examination level to process.

If you are denied Social Security Disability benefits at the application level and enter into the reconsideration phase (the first level of the Social Security Disability appeals process in most states) it can take an additional 30-60 days.

If you are denied at the reconsideration level and you must attend a Social Security Disability hearing you may have to wait one to two years in certain parts of the country for your Social Security Disability hearing to be scheduled.

Here are some of the reasons it takes so long to get your disability benefits from the Social Security Administration:

1. The Social Security Administration must seriously consider each Social Security Disability application and they must be fair to each claimant. This means that Social Security Disability examiners within the Social Security Administration must gather and process medical records for listed medical conditions. They must also examine and review Social Security Disability applications from claimants that may in fact have a dubious Social Security Disability claim. Examining each Social Security Disability application is a good idea, but unfortunately other more severe Social Security Disability cases will take longer to process.

2. The Social Security Administration is understaffed and the case load for each examiner and Administrative Judge is very high. In the last few years various legislative actions have been taken to improve the employment staffing situation within the Social Security Administration.

3. The Social Security Disability application process has very specific steps which must be completed to get Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. The first step is filing your Social Security Disability application. Your application will be sent to a medical examiner who gathers the medical records and reviews them. If your medical information is insufficient, additional medical exams may be required to make an accurate medical determination. Other individuals may also have to provide information on your daily activities. The disability examiner will than either consult with other medical personnel with in the disability agency to make a disability medical determination or in some cases make the decision themselves.

4. The Social Security Disability appeals process can be very long and the wait time to receive an administrative court hearing date in some parts of the process can take from 1 to 2 years. Many Social Security Disability claimants ask if their Social Security Disability claims can be expedited. There are very few emergency situations that will allow for an expedited administrative hearing.

It is important to discuss any emergency situations with your Social Security Disability attorney. They may be able to file a ‘dire need letter’ to the hearing office where your Social Security Disability claim is going to be scheduled.

Many claimants ask when they can expect to receive their benefits and unfortunately, there is not a clear answer for each Social Security Disability applicant. Some individuals who file for SSI or SSDI have very severe physical or mental conditions that will be approved at the initial Social Security Disability application level and they may receive their benefits quickly. Other Social Security Disability applicants will have to go through many phases of the Social Security Application appeals process and they may have to wait months or sometimes even years to receive their benefits.

The good news is that many Social Security Disability claims that are denied at the application and reconsideration appeals level do end up approved after a Administrative Judge reviews them at the Social Security Disability hearing. If your Social Security Disability claim is at the judicial hearing level, it may be a good idea to consult a Social Security Disability attorney who can review your claim and help prepare your case prior to the hearing.

If you have been denied Social Security Disability benefits or have questions about a Social Security Disability claim, contact a Social Security Disability lawyer who can answer your questions and review your Social Security Disability claim.