SSDRC




What is the Application Process for Social Security Disability and SSI?

How do you Win Benefits under Social Security Disability or SSI?

If I am determined disabled, how far back will Social Security pay benefits?

How do you prove your disability case if you have a mental condition?

What Can I Do to Improve My Chances of Winning Disability Benefits

Common Mistakes after Receiving a Denial of Social Security Disability or SSI Benefits

How to File for Disability - Tips for Filing

If You Get Approved For SSDI Will You Also Get Medicare?

How much does a Social Security disability attorney get paid?

Social Security Disability SSI Criteria and the Evaluation Process

How long does it take to be approved for SSI or Social Security disability?

What do you Need to Prove to Qualify for Disability Benefits?

Social Security Disability SSI and Fibromyalgia

Social Security Disability SSI and Degenerative Disc Disease

Can I Qualify For Disability and Receive Benefits based on Depression?

Answers to questions about SSD and SSI disability

What Disabilities Qualify for SSI and Social Security Disability Benefits?

Social Security Disability Status

Social Security Disability Tips — how a claim gets worked on

Social Security Disability, SSI Disability - Terms, Definitions, Concepts


Should you ask a Disability Lawyer About Their Win Rate and How Many Cases They get Approved?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
There are many questions to ask a potential social security disability representative (who can be a disability lawyer or a non-attorney) before signing with them to provide representation on your claim. Examples of good starting questions would be:

1. What is the fee for representation? (answer: Social Security Disability Lawyers - Fees and Representation Information).

2. How long does a disability appeal take? (answer: How long does it take to appeal a disability case?).

3. What does a disability lawyer do to help a claim? (What does a Social Security Disability Lawyer or Representative do for your claim?).

3. What does preparation for a disability hearing include? (Preparing for a Disability Hearing to Win Social Security or SSI Benefits ).

4. How likely is it that the case will be won at the hearing level if a hearing becomes necessary? (answer: What are the chances of winning a social security disability or SSI hearing?).

If you are speaking with a possible representative to handle your social security disability or SSI disability claim, should you ask about their win rate? You can, but the answer would, most likely be meaningless. If the representative were to tell you that they have a 90-99 percent win ratio, this would mean nothing if it turned out that the only cases they took were those that were sure winners.

Note: This happens to be very true for many lawfirms that advertise exceptionally high win rates as they heavily screen the claimants who contact them and only take that A) Those cases that will be decided by a federal judge at a social security hearing and B) Those cases in which the chances of losing are fairly low, assuming that the case has been properly prepared and is properly presented before an ALJ (administrative law judge).

Conversely, there are excellent attorneys and non-attorney reps who have a lower win ratio (say, 75 percent) who provide optimal and even superior representation but have a lower win ratio because they do not "cherry pick" their cases.

Claimants who are seeking representation on a disability claim should really be wary of lawyers, firms, and companies that advertise incredibly high win ratios because, in reality, this may have little to do with the quality of the representation they provide or their ability to win a case that requires more work and more development...versus a case that is simply a hands down winner and which may not even require representation.

One of the best barometers for choosing a disability lawyer or representative is simply whether or not they specialize solely in disability claims. Such individuals are more likely to know the SSA system intimately and are also more likely to be familiar with the tendencies of the individual judges (ALJs, or administrative law judges) at the social security hearings offices where their client's cases are heard.














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Topics and Questions


  • The non-medical Disability Requirements for SSD and SSI

  • How does Social Security consider lupus as a disability?

  • When should you File for Disability benefits with the social security administration?

  • Who Do I Contact To File For Disability Benefits from the Social Security Administration?

  • How Do You Qualify For Disability If You Don’t Have Money To Go To the Doctor?

  • What does social security mean by other work?

  • Social Security Disability SSI and Work Activity

  • Can You Lose Your Social Security Disability Benefits When Your Case Is Reviewed?

  • The Decision on the Social Security Disability Claim or SSI Claim

  • Can I Be Eligible For SSI And Social Security Disability At The Same Time?

  • Social Security Notice of Denial for a Disability Application or Appeal

  • How to apply for social security disability benefits for children

  • Applying for disability benefits in North Carolina

  • Filing for Social Security Disability or SSI with Crohn's Disease

  • Medical Disability- How does Social Security view your work and medical records

  • Why does Representation increase the win ratio at a Social Security Disability or SSI Hearing?

  • What does Social Security Disability Representation Provide?

  • Receiving a Social Security Disability Award Letter

  • How Often Does Social Security Disability Review Cases?

  • Can I Qualify For Disability and Receive Benefits based on Depression?

  • How does social security disability define work quarters ?

  • How do you Win Benefits under Social Security Disability?

  • What is the process for approving a Social Security disability claim ?

  • If you get denied on a disability appeal can you get another appeal?

  • How to qualify for disability

  • Advice to Win Social Security Disability and SSI Benefit Claims

  • How to Prepare For a Social Security Disability Hearing

  • Social Security Medical Exam - the purpose

  • How to Claim Disability When you Have a Medical Problem

  • How To Get SSDI Approved

  • Does Your Last Job Determine If You Receive A Social Security or SSI Award?

  • The chances of winning a social security hearing for disability benefits?

  • What Happens If You File A Late Social Security Appeal?

  • Can I Get SSDI Disability If I have Not Worked Before?

  • If you have had a heart attack will you qualify for Social Security disability?

  • Social Security Disability SSI and Filing based on Fibromyalgia

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    SSD and SSI are Federal Programs

    The title II Social Security Disability and title 16 SSI Disability programs operate under federal guidelines and, therefore, the program requirements--medical and non-medical--apply to all states:

    Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

    Recent approval and denial statistics for various states can be viewed here:

    Social Security Disability, SSI Approval and Denial Statistics by state

    Special Section: Disability Lawyers and unnecessary claim denials