How to Get Social Security Disability in Decatur
The path to getting Social Security Disability benefits in Decatur goes through these stages:
- You develop health issues that interfere with your daily activities.
- You realize you can’t work much, or at all.
- You study whether you may qualify for disability benefits. (You must be unable to work for the long term because of health problems.)
- You go to the doctor and explain the ways that your health limits your functioning.
- You gather medical records.
- You gather details of your last several years of work.
- You apply for disability benefits. (Filling out multiple forms and sending in supporting documents.)
- You wait, likely months, to get an answer.
- If you’re approved, monthly checks begin soon.
- If you’re denied, which is by far the most common result, you file an appeal.
- When you appeal, first you send in more evidence and ask Social Security to reconsider.
- If they still deny you, you attend a hearing with a disability judge.
- Beyond that, you can keep appealing with Social Security and in federal court.
The Silver & Archibald Decatur disability attorneys can help with every step, from your first application for disability benefits to a lawsuit in federal court if that’s what you need.
While you go through this long process, we can also help you secure other forms of compensation related to illnesses and injuries if they apply to you:
- Private long-term disability insurance claims>
- Workers’ compensation job injury claims
- Veterans’ disability claims for service-connected health impairments
- Personal injury claims after accidents
Start with a conversation, no charge, about your situation and options.
Do You Need a Disability Lawyer in Decatur?
You can apply for Social Security Disability benefits on your own. But there are a lot of reasons to get a local lawyer to help.
The Decatur disability lawyers from Silver & Archibald support you and your disability claim in several ways:
- Lightening the legwork of gathering documents and information for your case
- Contacting your medical providers like Emory Decatur Hospital, other Emory health care centers around the Atlanta area, Piedmont Health, Village Medical – Capstone, and other local hospitals and clinics, to get the medical records you need
- Guiding you to provide the answers Social Security looks for on all the forms you fill out
- Helping you avoid common mistakes that often sink disability claims
- Preparing you for your hearing with a Georgia disability judge. As local lawyers, we routinely work with Atlanta area Social Security offices and judges
- Representing you in your hearing
- Being here to answer questions and offer support throughout this difficult process—when the system itself doesn’t seem to care
At Silver & Archibald, you work personally with your lawyer. You get individual attention and care.
Maybe the most important reason to work with a lawyer is that, as government studies have shown, your chances of benefits approval are higher, especially at the crucial step of your hearing with a disability judge, if you have a representative like a lawyer.
We became disability lawyers to help our neighbors and our home communities in Georgia.
We want to help you stabilize your life in Decatur after the harsh disruption of bad health.
Tell us about your health and job struggles. We’ll listen and go to work to secure financial relief for you.
Get to Know Silver & Archibald Disability Attorneys
Legal cases involving your health struggles are highly personal matters. When you’re looking for help, you want someone who treats you with the personal care, respect, and dignity this moment requires.
Answers to Common Questions About Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability is a huge program with a vast set of rules. As a resource for you as you sort out your disability claim, the disability lawyers at Silver & Archibald have prepared answers to some of the most common questions people have.
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