Do I Need an Attorney to Appeal me Long Term Disability Claim?

The most honest response to that question has to be in theory no, in practicality, yes.  IIn theory no claimant submitting an application for benefits with a Social Security program is required to obtain legal representation to do such tasks as submit an application for benefits, request an appeal of a benefit denial notice, provide additional medical information in a case reconsideration evaluation should benefits be denied or appear at a hearing or consultative disability review process.  In practicality, obtaining a little experienced guidance with those processes would not be a bad idea at all.

Avoiding Common Mistakes the Cost Time

A long term disability insurance attorney can be of considerable help in avoiding the common mistakes that can cause an application for disability benefits to be denied and lead to reconsiderations and appeals.  Think about it for a second, this is likely the claimant’s first and only time applying for disability benefits.  He doesn’t know the rules, he isn’t familiar with the “terms of art” and he becomes a little overwhelmed and confused by the entire process.  On the other hand, a disability lawyer has filed hundreds, possibly thousands of claims for disability benefits for clients.  He has a great deal of experience with the system and he knows where the pitfalls are going to be found in the process. There is no element of surprise for long term disability insurance attorney, he has done this countless times and could probably recite the Social Security rules by rote at this point.  He’s not going to make the mistakes that cost time and result in benefit denials.  It is his business to be successful at getting claims approved. 

Appointing an Authorized Representative

Sometimes if a disability is so severe that the individual applicant is unable to physically or mentally function or speak for himself due to his psychological or medical condition.  In that situation it becomes critically import to appoint a legal representative such as a long term disability insurance attorney to submit an application for benefits on his behalf and to take all the steps necessary to provide medical records and information supporting the disability claim before the appropriate Social Security program(s).

Getting Legal Assistance

If you or a member of your family would like to discuss your Social Security disability application with a long term disability insurance attorney all that would be necessary is to make the decision to stop looking in all the wrong places and faces for answers to your Social Security disability claim questions and pick up a phone and give a disability lawyer a call.