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Too many SSDI applications in Long Beach are refused every year. Whether you are just starting or have been refused one or more times, the attorneys at the Disability Law Office can help you turn a no into a yes.
In popular consciousness, workplace injuries and disability are often associated with the kinds of jobs that put Long Beach on the map. While oil platforms or industrial manufacturers like Boeing have certainly caused their fair share of injuries (and continue to do so), there is not a field of work in which injury or disability is not a distinct possibility for most workers and a very stressful reality for some.
If you have found yourself injured or unable to work due to a physical or mental illness in Long Beach, you might already have butted heads with the Social Security Administration. If not, as most who have will be able to tell you, the news is not good. Most applications are denied from the start, and you might need to go through one or even two rounds of appeals with the help of a skilled attorney to obtain the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits you need.
Fortunately, there are experienced attorneys out there who have become focused in handling SSDI claims and appeals at every level, including in state and federal courts, if necessary. With the help of lawyers like Randy Rosenblatt of the Disability Law Office, you can improve your chances of obtaining those crucial benefits you and your family need and deserve. Here is how it works.
If you have never had to deal with the Social Security Administration in Long Beach or anywhere else in California, then we sincerely hope you never do. Being unable to work a job or continue your career is already a burden enough, but navigating the SSA procedures and formalities to try and obtain SSDI benefits often adds insult to injury. Especially since these are benefits you have been paying into, sometimes for decades, only to find them out of reach when you desperately need them.
Unfortunately, many Long Beach residents who find themselves facing a long-term disability will still have their SSDI benefits refused by the SSA, even with a doctor’s orders not to work or even try. Often, you will, in addition to a doctor, a lawyer to help you navigate your claim and application. Working with a skilled SSDI attorney can dramatically improve your chances of obtaining the benefits in the first place or of overturning an initial denial with an appeal.
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One of the key reasons many Long Beach workers have their disability claims refused is failing to meet one or more of the SSA’s requirements to obtain Social Security Disability Insurance. While they might seem, on paper, to be relatively simple and straightforward, the SSA can be surprisingly strict, harsh, or even seemingly arbitrary in their enforcement.
Social Security Disability Insurance is based on your employment history and not necessarily just your latest job. You must have been working (legally) and paying taxes for at least 5 years out of the last 10. If you have not been paying into the Social Security system, don’t expect to get anything out of it!
The amount you end up getting paid will also depend on how much you earned during that period, so having all your records ready and in order will be very helpful. This can be very complicated for folks working part-time, especially juggling multiple jobs or gigs, but with the help of a lawyer, it can be done!
Disability benefits are also reserved for those with serious long-term conditions. The illness or condition you are dealing with must render you unable to work at your job for at least a year. The only exception is if it is likely to cause your death within less than a year…which is not something anyone hopes for.
This will often require extensive medical records to prove, and you will likely have to undergo a medical evaluation or interview by an “independent” doctor chosen by the SSA. This can be stressful, and it is all too easy to say the wrong thing and undermine your claim. Discussing your situation with an SSDI lawyer beforehand can help you avoid such errors and improve your chances of being accepted.
It is sadly not sufficient to be unable to work the job you used to be doing. To obtain Social Security Disability Benefits, you must be unable to work at all. This is rather strict and quite difficult to prove, especially given all the different types of employment available in Long Beach in the service sector and tertiary economy. Nevertheless, it is possible, with the right medical testimony and records, to demonstrate your inability to work, and we can help you put both together.
However, even with all the right records and all the right conditions, most Long Beach applicants who do not have a life-threatening or terminal condition (often referred to as a listing-level condition) will still get refused at the initial stage. Do not panic if this happens to you. Contact a lawyer, as there are many options for appealing or contesting the decision we can guide you through.
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Disability Law Office | Attorneys with extensive disability application and appeal experience ready to help injured workers just like you.
Disability is difficult enough to live with even when you do have full Social Security Disability Insurance benefits. Sadly, most of the time, when you apply for them in Long Beach or anywhere else in the country, you will be refused.
Whether this has already happened to you or whether you want to improve your chances of acceptance beforehand, we can help. The attorneys at the Disability Law Office work with employees and workers throughout the western part of the country to optimize your SSDI applications and help you through the appeals process.
To get help contesting your disability claim rejection or to guide you through any stage of the SSDI claim process, call (503) 868-4748 or reach out to us online. It will be our pleasure to help, and we won’t charge you unless we succeed in getting you the benefits you need and deserve.
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