Social Security: Providing disability benefits for 60 years

August 1, 2016, marked the 60th anniversary of the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956.

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Social Security Disability is available to anyone who paid in enough taxes to qualify. SSI or Supplemental Security Income is available to those who meet certain income and asset guidelines. You must prove that you medically qualify for both disability programs.

Social Security Disability Tips

The early stages of your disability case make a big difference and may cause you to win or lose your case.

Make sure that you get an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer to help you file the application.

Important questions are asked about the conditions that keep you from working, your doctors and hospital treatment, and your past work.

You need to understand why Social Security is asking these questions and what it means for your disability case.

Make sure that you get help with the forms Social Security sends you.

They include questions about daily functioning and activities, and the history of your work duties.

Social Security is trying to determine whether your ability to function on a daily basis translates to being able to work full time.

Be very careful with the way you answer these questions.

Your past work duties are very important because if Social Security thinks you can perform them, then you are not disabled.

You can get help from a Social Security Disability attorney because they only get paid if you win, and the payment is from your back benefits and it is limited by Social Security.

Questions about how to get help with your disability case? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Ways We Make Your Disability and Injury Case More Convenient

We will come see you and help you sign up for Social Security Disability benefits or assist you with your work injury or motor vehicle injury case:

At your home;

In your hospital or rehabilitation facility;

Or meet you somewhere nearby.

We also have hassle free parking at our office.

You only have to pay us when you win.

What Custom Legal Services for the Injured Looks Like

If you are injured on the job or in a traffic accident and are stuck in the hospital, then nothing is convenient.

Customized legal help will come see you in the hospital to answer your questions and get your case started.

This makes sure that you are on the road to recovery with minimal stress to you.

What if you need to make out of town doctor visits and your vehicle is not road worthy?

Specialized legal services will make arrangements to make sure that you can see your doctor without hassle.

If you are faced with insurance paperwork or social security paperwork, then custom legal assistance will go through the paperwork with you to make sure that all the questions are completed properly.

When you are facing questioning from the insurance company lawyers or are approaching a trial, then your customized injury lawyer will spend all the time necessary to make sure that you are comfortable with what will happen in the courtroom.

Make sure that you get legal help that focuses on your individual needs.

Call Illinois injury lawyers who focus on your individual requirements. See Dirk May at Williams and Swee, 309-827-4371.

Credibility- How to Help Your Injury Case

Credibility means that you are believable and the Judge or Jury leans toward your version of events.

Credibility is important in work injury cases, personal injury cases and Social Security Disability cases.

The most important factors that enhance your credibility include how medical providers view you, how your documents support your claim, and how your testimony supports your claim.

Medical records provide a snapshot of what you told nurses and doctors at or near the time of your accident. This is viewed as important because you did not have time to reflect and possibly exaggerate your pain or the cause of your accident. Make sure that you go to the doctor right away and explain all your injuries, how the accident happened, and what limitations you are experiencing.

Documents such as police reports and accident reports corroborate your testimony regarding the cause of accident and how you were injured. Inconsistent testimony with these documents will harm your case.

Your testimony should be consistent with medical records and accident reports. Your testimony should be believable.

Exaggeration will damage your case.

Arguments with opposing lawyers, the Judge or Arbitrator will make you look bad and make it easier to deny or reduce the value of your case.

Questions about how to help your case? Feel free to contact Illinois Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury, and Social Security Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.