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10 WAYS TO RUIN YOUR SSDI DISABILITY HEARING

 

10  Best Ways to Ruin Your Disability Hearing:

1.  Go unprepared--without knowing what to expect and what you have to prove.
2.  Lie or exaggerate your symptoms.
3.  Use medical terms without explaining how your disease affects your ability to work.
4.  Try to convince the judge that you really need the benefits.
5.  Complain about past denials and how unfair they were.
6.  Admit that you sometimes still work under the table.
7.  Tell the judge that no one will hire you (for one reason or another).
8.  Be unable to give the date when you stopped working or became unable to work.
9.  Cry or emotionally break down during the hearing.  It happens but judges hate it and it never helps your case.
10.  Save money and refuse to hire a lawyer to help you.  After all, the lawyer could get 25 percent of your back pay if you win.  No need to get an expert. Save that 25 percent and just assume that you can do as well as any lawyer.

No one can prepare for and represent you at a hearing as well as an experienced attorney or seasoned disability advocate.


The Forsythe Firm in Huntsville represents Social Security disability claimants in Alabama and Tennessee. 25 years experience. No upfront fees. You never pay a fee until you have won your case and received your past due benefits or back pay. We are as close as a phone call: (256) 799-0297.


 

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