HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SSDI CASE AND INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF BEING APPROVED

There are strong disability cases, average disability cases, and weak disability cases.  Sometimes, even an average case can be improved to become strong.  Maybe a weak case which has little chance of success can be made stronger.

For sure, a case is what it is:  the facts will always be the facts.  Here are things you simply cannot change:

• age
• education
• types of impairments
• work history

 But within that framework, you may be able to improve the medical documentation that better describes and defines your impairments.  You may also be able to add opinion evidence from your doctor which substantially improves the strength of your case from a legal point of view.

Simply put, there may be things you can do to increase your odds of getting paid a disability benefit.

When someone asks me to help with their Social Security disability case (often one that has already been denied once or twice), I ask myself this question:  How can I add value to the case?

How can I make it a stronger case?  How can I increase the odds of getting the case paid?

Often, I need more medical evidence or better medical evidence.  I rarely get a new case where there has been adequate work on the medical evidence.  Things are always missing, incomplete or vague.  Going to trial with a case which has weak or incomplete evidence is a waste of time.

One piece of evidence that is most often overlooked is "opinion evidence."  What is your doctor's opinion of your ability to function in a work environment?  What is your maximum lifting limit?  How long can you sit, stand, walk  in an eight-hour day?  How much will you be off task due to pain or other symptoms?  Will you be absent from work more than 1 or 2 days per month?   This information is never found in medical records.  Social Security almost never asks these questions of your doctor(s).  

It's often attention to small details that wins disability cases.  When you go before a judge you must go with proof of your disability in hand.  

Every case can be strengthened and improved.  Why not let someone look at your case before it's too late?
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The Forsythe Firm
Social Security Disability Counselors
7027 Old Madison Pike, Suite 108
Huntsville, AL 35806
"Across from Bridge Street"

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