Qualifying for Benefits Under Mental Disorders

You deserve to be heard and treated with dignity. Stansberry Kinsley offers a free case evaluation and an honest assessment of your Social Security disability claim involving a mental health or cognitive condition.

Our Birmingham and Cullman attorneys help people pursue Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. We help you understand the medical evidence needed to support your claim, including records of your diagnosis, treatment and limitations at work. A diagnosis alone does not establish eligibility for benefits.

Mental health and cognitive conditions that may be relevant to a disability claim include:

• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• Panic disorder and other anxiety disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Schizophrenia
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Cognitive difficulties related to traumatic brain injury
• Intellectual disability
• Learning disabilities and other cognitive limitations

Stansberry Kinsley can help with initial applications and hearings and appeals. We review medical records and supporting information from your treating professionals to help explain how your condition affects your ability to work.

If you also have physical impairments, we help present the full picture of your limitations. Our goal is to make your claim clear, supported and specific to what you experience.

We care about our clients and we take your claim seriously. Stansberry Kinsley offers a free consultation, and we take no attorney fees unless we win your case.

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