You Have Another Chance to Win Social Security Disability
You studied whether you qualify for Social Security Disability benefits. You thought you had a strong case.
You put in the work to apply for disability benefits. You can’t work and money is running out. You were counting on this to come through.
Then you got a denial letter. It’s frustrating and discouraging.
Don’t let that be the end of it.
Appeal the denial. Do it fast…
YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO APPEAL.
The tough reality is that a huge number of people get denied disability when they first apply. Nationwide, it runs at about 80% denials. It’s an expected part of the process. And so is appealing.
Appealing is how you’re more likely to win Social Security Disability and hold on to a life of dignity and independence.
This gets complicated, so work with an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer. For people denied disability in Phoenix, Slepian Ellexson disability lawyers have been helping for nearly half a century.
You don’t pay an attorney fee until you win your appeal and start getting disability income.
Contact us right away so you don’t miss the deadline.
Reasons You Might Have Been Denied Disability in Phoenix
Look closely at your denial letter. It might list a reason you were denied disability or provide other information to give you an idea.
This is a place to start with your Social Security Disability appeal.
Show the denial letter to your disability lawyer. They’ll know what to look for and how to respond.
These are some major reasons you might get denied disability benefits:
- You’re still working too much.
- Social Security doesn’t think your health problems are severe enough.
- You didn’t follow your doctor’s treatment plans.
- You didn’t provide enough information in your disability application.
- You had mistakes in your disability application.
- Social Security thinks you could do some job, even if you can’t do your last job.
- Social Security thinks you’ll be able to work again in less than 12 months.
- You waited too long to file for benefits, or to answer questions from Social Security.
- For Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, you have too many financial resources in savings, investments or property.
Another reason you might have been denied disability in Phoenix is that Social Security simply got it wrong.
They might have failed to properly consider your medical evidence. They may have misunderstood your medical condition.
Your next step is to fix the problem with your disability claim.
It’s a technical, bureaucratic, legal process. Hand it over to a skilled disability attorney to do your appeal.
Contact the Slepian Ellexson disability lawyers in Phoenix for a FREE EVALATION of your case.
How to Appeal a Denied Disability Claim in Phoenix
Once you’ve identified what brought down your disability benefits application, your next step is to correct it in your Social Security records.
This can mean providing updates on your health and work situations, adding new medical evidence to your file, and building new arguments for why your medical problems should qualify for benefits.
You have several chances to appeal a denied disability claim:
- Ask for a reconsideration. Send in more information, and Social Security will give their decision another look. The problem is that they still deny most people at this stage.
- Go to a hearing with a disability judge. In an administrative law judge hearing, you personally explain why you can’t work due to your health problems. It may be your only chance to do that—and your best chance to win benefits. More people win benefits at this stage, especially if they have representatives like lawyers with them.
- Ask for an Appeals Council review. Social Security has a group called the Appeals Council that reviews decisions by disability judges. At this step, you’re calling attention to mistakes you believe the judge made by denying you. It’s all handled through paperwork, not in person. Few people win benefits here, but it’s a necessary step.
- Go to federal court. If you don’t get any help from the Appeals Council, and your claim is still denied, you can sue Social Security in federal court. You want a Social Security Disability lawyer experienced with federal appeals.
A Social Security Disability lawyer who does this every day knows what to look for when you need to appeal your denied disability benefits in Phoenix.
Your Slepian Ellexson lawyer stays by you at every step, supporting you, gathering more medical evidence, collecting testimony from friends and family, filing papers with Social Security or courts, preparing you to speak to a disability judge, keeping your case alive, and giving you another chance at financial stability.
When you’re denied disability in Phoenix, don’t give up. Call Slepian Ellexson.
