Make Sure You Get the Help You Need from Your Lawyer

Social Security Disability is hard to get so make sure your lawyer is helping you as much as possible.

If you need your lawyer to come see you in the hospital or at your home make sure that you ask the lawyer.

Your lawyer should help you file your application online. You want to have all the advice and input necessary before you provide any information to Social Security.

When you get any paperwork from Social Security make sure you call your attorney. Completing forms regarding your past relevant work and your daily activities are very important. You should go over all answers with your lawyer before submitting it to Social Security.

If you are denied make sure you call your lawyer right away, and go over the appeal information together and have your lawyer submit it to Social Security.

Once you reach the hearing stage you should go over and update all medical information with your lawyer several months before the hearing.

Getting ready for the hearing and discussing the questions that will be asked at the hearing is crucial.

Only an experienced Social Security Disability attorney can prepare you for the questions the Judge will ask at the hearing, and explain what you need to prove to win your case.

Finally, if you need a ride to get to the hearing then your attorney should be able to help if you cannot get there with family or friends.

Questions about your disability case? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May with Williams and Swee at 309-827-4371.

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Tragic. Crazy. Infuriating. Social Security Disability really is a bad system. Takes years of waiting and then it is a crap shoot regarding the Judge you get.

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I go to a lot of Social Security Disability hearings representing people mainly in Illinois and this gives me a chance to see other people who are also there for a hearing. It always surprises me to see so many people who go in without a lawyer.

These people have no idea what is going to happen in the hearing and they are trusting that the Administrative Law Judge and vocational expert will look out for their best interests.

The Judge must tell the claimant at the beginning of the hearing that they are entitled to a lawyer to represent them, and if they proceed without a lawyer then the Judge will issue a binding decision.

You always have the right to appeal from the Judge’s decision, however the evidence you present at the hearing will limit your arguments on appeal.

I have seen some of the decisions Judge’s make when a person does not have a lawyer. Most Judge’s try to be fair, but they cannot see all the things that are in your favor and they are not as invested in your case as you are.

You also need to know what questions will be asked in the hearing and how to answer them properly in light of the Social Security rules.

You need to know what you have to prove to win your case.

It makes sense to have an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer help you because they can prepare you to do everything possible to present a strong case.

The lawyer will only get paid if you win and get paid back benefits. This means both you and the lawyer want to win.

Questions about how to help your disability case? Feel free to call Illinois Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May with Williams and Swee at 309-827-4371.

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Yes, you can Social Security Disability benefits due to Lyme disease. However, it is difficult. You will need a doctor who is willing to go to bat for you and you must prove your condition is severe enough to result in missing more than 2 days of work per month. I have represented several people who have Lyme disease and it is a devastating condition.

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Anyone who follows the latest trend knows that it is very tough to win a Social Security Disability case these days. Central Illinois Judges only approve from 20 percent to 36 percent of the cases they hear.