New Orleans Social Security Disability Lawyer
If you are disabled due to a disease, illness or a mishap, and are likely to remain so for at least twelve months, being unable to go to work gainfully, you may be entitled to social security disability benefits from the government. In order to get your disability income and to be officially recognized as being disabled, you will have to file a disability claim with the Social Security Administration in your area.
Before filing a claim, you must ensure that you have following documents:
- Date of the onset of disability or the date of the day when you had to stop work because you were unable to continue.
- Details of educational qualifications, degrees, skill sets etc.
- Exhaustive medical records with details of tests, diagnosis, expert opinions, medication etc.
- Records of past jobs for the period of ten to fifteen years, with details of the nature of each job, any factors that may have affected your health and reasons why you are currently unable to perform your tasks.
The rules and definitions that the Social Security Administration generally follows are rigid and list only very severe disabilities. Their documentation requirements are rigorous and their procedures time consuming. As a result, many claims get rejected. Therefore it is better to hire an attorney or advocate, who is specialized in social security disability, to do this work for you. (Click here for a FREE consultation with a social security disability lawyer.)
Our New Orleans social security disability lawyers will evaluate your case, highlight its strengths, and help you file an appropriate claim. The documentation, gathering expert opinions and attending to procedural matters will be handled by our New Orleans social security disability lawyers.
If your claim is rejected initially, at the hearing with the Administrative Law Judge, don’t be disheartened. Our sponsoring New Orleans social security disability lawyers will appeal before the Appeals Council or the Federal Court system for you. Our social security disability attorneys or advocates offer their services in Bossier City, Baton Rouge, Raleigh, Lafayette and Tallulah also.
Given below is the office address of the local Social Security Administration:
Suite 1510,
1515 Poydras,
New Orleans,
Louisiana - 70112