Having your health decline and losing your ability to work is one of the most stressful things that can happen to you.

You need a financial break so you can afford to take care of yourself and live in peace.

This is why they created Social Security Disability benefits.

Disability benefits provide monthly income support and access to Medicare or Medicaid for your treatment coverage. This is not charity—it’s an insurance program you paid for with your taxes. It’s something you rightfully earn.

The hard part is, as soon as they created Social Security Disability, they also created thousands of rules for getting benefits. Social Security always pushes to make people prove beyond all doubt that they deserve the help.

They deny most people at least once. Your best option may be to work with a Social Security Disability lawyer.

The Slepian Ellexson disability lawyers in Arizona can help you:

• See if you might qualify for Social Security Disability
• Help you apply for Social Security Disability
• File an appeal if Social Security Disability denied you

Slepian Ellexson disability attorneys in Arizona have helped thousands of people get benefits for over 47 years.

Do you need to tap into this incredibly important source of financial stability? Get in touch. You pay no disability lawyer fee until you win benefits.

How Does Social Security Disability Work in Arizona?

The idea of Social Security Disability is that because you paid into Social Security retirement, you shouldn’t be left with nothing if health problems interrupt your work life before you reach retirement.

• Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) covers you when you’ve worked long enough and paid into the system. When you have to stop working, the size of your monthly SSDI check depends on your past earnings. After a waiting period, you get access to Medicare.
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI) helps when you haven’t worked long or recently, and you have limited financial resources (like savings and investments). You get paid on a pre-set scale not related to past earnings, and you qualify for Medicaid.

In both cases, you must meet the basic qualifications for disability benefits:

• You can’t work because of serious medical conditions.
• You won’t be able to work for at least a year (including work time you’ve already missed and future time you’ll miss due to bad health.)

Applying for disability benefits means a lot of leg work, such as:

• Filling out pages of government forms
• Collecting reports from your doctors
• Describing in detail your job experiences and demands of past jobs
• Getting statements from people in your life who know your health struggles
• Gathering evidence for Social Security Disability appeals
• Testifying in front of a disability judge about your inability to work

The further you get into the process, the more like a legal case your disability claim becomes.

In Arizona, we recommend working with an Arizona disability lawyer, even if you don’t choose Slepian Ellexson.

You can have a free consultation with our Arizona disability attorney team—no obligations—to find out more about what kind of disability case you have and how best to move forward.

How to Find the Best Disability Lawyers in Arizona

When you’re looking for the best disability lawyer in Arizona that you can find, ask these questions of the law firms you talk to:

• How much experience do you have in disability law? This is a highly particular kind of law, not something every lawyer knows. Ask about years of experience and number of cases a disability lawyer has handled.
• How much of your time do you focus on disability claims? Many law firms handle several areas of law, including legal cases that aren’t at all like Social Security Disability. Nothing wrong with that on its own, but make sure your lawyer doesn’t split their time too much with other matters and is strongly devoted to disability cases.
• Do you help with initial Social Security Disability applications? You can get off to a better, mistake-free, start by having an Arizona disability attorney guide you when you first apply for benefits. It doesn’t cost anything extra. But some lawyers will tell you to apply on your own and call them only when you’re denied.
• Are you an Arizona-based disability lawyer? Out-of-state or national disability law firms can be impersonal, cranking through case files like it’s an assembly line. This is a time when you deserve personal care and attention, like you get from a local, Arizona disability lawyer who cares about Arizonans.
• Will my disability lawyer meet me before my hearing? Amazingly, when you’re about to go in front of a judge and talk about your health and job situation, some disability lawyers won’t give you much preparation. Make sure your lawyer will prepare you in advance to help you get ready and feel more comfortable going to your hearing.

Slepian Ellexson disability lawyers in Arizona have been fully devoted to disability law since 1978. Our founder was a former Social Security Disability judge.

Our disability attorneys do this work because we want to spend our time helping real people.

Talk to us about how we can help you. Let us help you get to a more secure and healthier position in life.