Social Security Administration

Do I Need a Disability Lawyer When Working With Social Security?

Do I Need a Disability Lawyer When Working With Social Security?

Do you need to file for disability through Social Security? Have you already filed disability and been denied? Maybe we can help! Hiring a disability lawyer is both helpful for new disability claimants and critical for those who have been denied. Here’s how & why hiring a disability lawyer is a great idea in your…

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Basics of Social Security Lawyers’ Fees

Basics of Social Security Lawyers’ Fees

Hiring a social security lawyer for your claim or appeal might seem to be an overwhelming task. When you factor in the anxiety most people have about how to pay for a social security lawyer, you begin to see why so many try to pursue their claim alone. You do not have to go it…

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What You Can Do When You Receive an SSDI or SSI Denial Letter

What You Can Do When You Receive an SSDI or SSI Denial Letter

Have you applied for Social Security disability insurance (SSDI)? Did you wait months and months to hear back only to see an SSI denial letter in your mailbox? Did you know that up to seventy percent of claims are denied after your first application? Claimants often have to go through the appeal process, just to…

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How to Appeal A Denial for Social Security Disability in Washington State

How to Appeal A Denial for Social Security Disability in Washington State

Applying for Social Security in Washington State can be an overwhelming process.  If you are one of the greater than 70% of those who are initially denied your claim, it can be devastating, and your path to getting the benefits you have earned can be hard to see.  What should you do?  Who can help you? This…

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How Does Social Security Define Incapacitated?

How Does Social Security Define Incapacitated?

To receive Social Security benefits, you must have worked jobs that are covered by Social Security as well as have a medical condition that meets Social Security’s definition of “incapacitated.” Social Security has a strict method to define incapacitated. Unlike other programs, to receive Social Security disability benefits, you must typically be incapacitated (disabled) and…

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Why is SSA Taking So Long?

Why is SSA Taking So Long?

It can be extraordinarily frustrating waiting on the Social Security Administration (SSA) to make a Determination on your Claim.  Even more so as the Claim progresses from the Initial Application stage, to Reconsideration, and to the Hearing Level. That said, we often hear the question, “why is my case taking so long?” To be frank,…

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