How to Appeal an SSI Denial
The first thing you should know is that you need to move fast to appeal a denial.
Once You Receive a Denial Notice, You Have 60 Days to Start Your Appeal.
These are the levels of appealing:
- Ask for a Reconsideration: Your first step is asking for a fresh look by Social Security. You’ll need to update your medical evidence and correct anything from your SSI application that led to the denial.
- Go to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Hearing: Most people still get denied on reconsideration. The next step, telling your story directly to a disability judge, may work better. It’s a chance to explain in a personal way why you need benefits.
- Request an Appeals Council Review: If you’re denied Supplemental Security Income again, you can argue to Social Security that the judge made a mistake by sending your claim to the Appeals Council.
- Federal Court: Finally, you can ask a U.S. District Court judge to overturn Social Security’s decision. Wells, Manning, Eitenmiller & Taylor has a lawyer dedicated to federal court disability appeals.
It’s extremely common to be denied SSI.
So you’re not alone when you need to appeal.
To see your options for keeping your claim alive, talk to our disability attorneys for an evaluation of your claim at no cost to you.
How Does Wells, Manning, Eitenmiller & Taylor Help Appeal an SSI Denial?
When you’re appealing a denial with Wells, Manning, Eitenmiller & Taylor, here’s what you’ll experience:
- You’ll work directly with a lawyer on your case. You won’t be hearing only from support staff.
- You’ll get the same lawyer from applying to appealing instead of being bounced to different people and having to explain your situation over and over.
- You’ll get Oregon attorneys who are familiar with Oregon Social Security offices and disability judges.
- We’ll take time to meet with you and help you prepare before your disability hearing with a judge. At some firms, you may not see a lawyer until your hearing day.
- We’ll gather new medical evidence, file legal briefs, and plan your arguments before your hearing.
- We’ll prepare to question medical or vocational experts who may testify about you at your hearing.
- Most importantly, we’ll make sure you’ve got someone supporting you through this process.
How can you improve your chances when you appeal?
The U.S. Government Accountability Office studied disability hearings and found that people were almost three times more likely to be awarded benefits when they had a representative at their side.
Getting a lawyer is also low risk for you. THERE’S NO ATTORNEY FEE UNLESS YOU WIN BENEFITS.
Our attorneys chose this work because we love meeting people, learning about you, and helping you tell your story so you get financial help.
If you were denied Supplemental Security Income, let’s help you find a way to greater financial security.
We’re with You Every Step of the Way
Whether you’re trying to determine if you’re qualified for disability benefits, you need help filing your application, or you received a denial notice and want another chance, our law firm helps from the beginning and stays by your side.
Have a Question about Disability Benefits?
Your health is bad. You can’t work. Your financial stability is threatened. So your head is swimming with questions. How will you get by? How does Social Security Disability work? We’ve gathered answers. See them here:
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