here<\/a>.)<\/p>\nThe SSA will take your information over the phone, and be ready to give them a lot of information. Be ready to give them all of your doctors\u2019 names and their contact information, and be ready to give the SSA agent your \u201cdate of onset.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDate of onset\u201d is the day you became disabled. For most people, this is the last day that you actually worked.<\/p>\n
We normally encourage you to start the initial application. It\u2019s so easy to do, and it is the SSA\u2019s responsibility to collect all of medical records and process your claim at the initial phase. Almost every week, I warn potential clients to beware of attorneys (and non-attorneys) in the Social Security Disability industry who want to get involved in your case in the initial phase. As a general rule, don\u2019t let them.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s so easy at the initial phase and there is not much that an attorney or non-attorney representative can do to make it more likely that the SSA will approve your claim. If you can do it yourself, and your condition is bad enough for you to be approved on a listing, then you shouldn\u2019t have to incur attorney fees for getting your claim approved<\/p>\n
(Granted, the process is overwhelming for some people, so if you need us at the initial phase, we will bring you to the office and help you with the call. You will incur the fee, but you may need the service.)<\/p>\n
Regardless of whether you file your application by yourself or whether we help you with it, \u201cwhat should be done\u201d and \u201cwhat actually gets done\u201d are not rarely the same thing. We\u2019ve many heart disease victims, cancer victims and people struggling with bad backs, who\u2019ve been put to fighting not only their medical condition but fighting the SSA for their disability benefits. If your benefits get denied at the initial phase, that\u2019s when you\u2019ll need us to fight for you.<\/p>\n
As a general rule, the SSA will let you known within a few weeks to a couple of months whether they are denying or granting your benefits. If they grant them, and you were able to make the initial application by yourself, then the fight for your benefits is over before it started.<\/p>\n
If SSA denies your benefits, you\u2019ll get a long letter from the SSA that won\u2019t tell you much. But the letter will make it obvious that either nobody at the SSA looked at your medical records, or the SSA didn\u2019t get all of they medical records they were supposed to get.<\/p>\n
If SSA sends you a denial letter, you need to get it to us IMMEDIATELY because we\u2019ll have only 60 days to request a reconsideration and get the process moving towards a hearing with an SSA Administrative Law Judge.<\/p>\n
If you think you\u2019re going to need Social Security Disability, call Sherie at my office (229) 377-1683. Let her get your information and she\u2019ll give you your preliminary instructions on getting your claim started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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