Social Security Disability

[PWC]

Have you talked to a lawyer seem like everyone gets turned down the first time, you have to keep trying.

Seems to take 3 tries, lawyer seems to be a requirement too

[clintonhater]

And not just ANY lawyer, but a disability specialist. But that's no problem, as the racket is SO lucrative, that there are many who handle no other kinds of cases. In my area, they're constantly running TV ads virtually guaranteeing awards, with this great come-on: "let us get you the money you deserve."

Problem is, those who don't deserve now outnumber those who do, because almost any kind of personality disorder can be turned into a "disability" by one of these smart ambulance chasers. The scope of the scam is revealed in this outstanding piece by, of all unlikely sources, NPR: https://apps.npr.org/unfit-for-work/

[twh]

Attorneys fees in SS cases are capped at %25 percent of back benefits up to a max of around $5200 so no it’s not 40% and if you don’t prevail no fee. The issue with getting approved has nothing to do with attorneys representing clients but with SS Judges who are discouraged to pay to many claims.

[clintonhater]

The issue with getting approved has nothing to do with attorneys representing clients but with SS Judges who are discouraged to pay to many claims.

Sure doesn't jibe with the statistics--I mean the enormous increase in disability awards. These ambulance chasers wouldn't be spending money on TV ads if they weren't getting results.

[RED]

In my area, they're constantly running TV ads virtually guaranteeing

That is now. The same system was in place in 1970's and there were NO lawyers advertising. Lawyers could not advertise until sometime in the 1970's (1977 as I recall) and it took 20+ years for those ads to be what they are today, It is the system that is broken and the lawyers and judges are just obeying the law. I was in an accident and had a burst vertebrae fracture. I lost 75% of the feeling in my legs and feet and it took me 6 months to learn to walk again. I got a lawyer and we went before a administrative judge. After 10 minutes questioning by the judge he declared me 100% disabled. My lawyer told me that he had been doing this for 20 years and that was the first time he had seen a judge rule that way on the first time a case was heard.

[dryheat]

Yup. Meselthelemeleoma. If you watch poor peoples t.v. like I do(but,be selective for God's sake), your going to see the, "get what you deserve" ads. Along with super kitchen knives. Don't forget, copper can fix anything. Copper or weed take your pick. Step right up folks. Stop me; your kitchen knife is perfectly good. Get a sharpening stone and watch a vid on how to sharpen knives. Those squigley lines don't make it Japanese.

[togor]

Yup. Meselthelemeleoma. If you watch poor peoples t.v. like I do(but,be selective for God's sake), your going to see the, "get what you deserve" ads. Along with super kitchen knives. Don't forget, copper can fix anything. Copper or weed take your pick. Step right up folks. Stop me; your kitchen knife is perfectly good. Get a sharpening stone and watch a vid on how to sharpen knives. Those squigley lines don't make it Japanese.

Don't forget the dreaded CHECK ENGINE LIGHT