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10 WAYS TO WIN A SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CLAIM HUNTSVILLE AL


How do you win a Social Security disability claim in Alabama?

By the Forsythe Firm in Huntsville

1.  Realize what you are trying to prove:  that you are no longer able to work.  This is the gist of Social Security disability claims.

2.  Be sure your application is completed fully and accurately.

3.  Return all forms and requests for information promptly.

4.  Be sure to supply Social Security with complete names/addresses/phones for ALL your doctors, clinics, hospitals, and other providers, going back 24 months.  They only contact the medical providers you tell them about.

5.  Describe your past work for the past 15 years on your WORK HISTORY REPORT.  Social Security will send you this report after you apply for disability.  Describe the walking, standing, lifting, etc. you did on each job. Few claimants fill out the Work History Report fully or correctly.  It's tedious and may not make sense to you, but failing to fill it out properly and fully will cause a denial.

6.  Fill out the FUNCTION REPORT fully.  This is also a form that will be mailed to you after you submit your application.  Most claimants do not take this form seriously.  You must!  Take your time and fill it out correctly. (My firm offers a free document:  Tips for the Function Report.

7.  DON'T EXAGGERATE.  Don't try to amplify your symptoms.

8.  DON'T MINIMIZE by making your symptoms seem less severe than they really are.  I would say 80% of the applications I review either exaggerate or minimize symptoms, probably without meaning to.

9.  If Social Security schedules a consultative physical or psychological exam for you, attend and be on time.  In fact,  be 15 minutes early.

10.  Consider getting a disability lawyer.  A US Government study finds that you are about 3X as likely to be approved if you use a lawyer.  Source:  Study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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