Best & Anderson, P.A. Personal Injury Blog

The Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program is set up so that if you have suffered a qualifying disability you could file your Social Security Disability claim yourself. If you want, you can assemble all the documentation, get witnesses together, attend the hearings, file your appeal, assemble more documents, attend more hearings, and maybe earn your benefits without the benefit of the lawyer.

But there are many reasons why you should get a lawyer for your SSDI claim. A lawyer:

Increases the chances that your claim will be successful by:

• Filing all paperwork in a timely fashion
• Assembling all necessary evidence, including the specific tests necessary to prove your disability
• Making sure evidence is presented appropriately at hearings

When you are disabled, you need your Social Security Disability payments as soon as possible. Why add extra risk that your claim will be denied and have to go through multiple appeals? With the average wait time for hearings over a year, why make yourself wait longer than necessary? And when your claim is approved, the amount of your lawyer's fees is limited by the law to a fraction of your benefits. The more you earn, the more we are paid, but we will never be paid more than a quarter of your benefits.

If you are a disabled worker looking at the prospect of filing for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, please call or email our Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyers to learn how we can help. The initial consultation is free.