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Social Security Disability
When a health condition keeps you from working, the bills and uncertainty can be hard to manage. Stansberry Kinsley helps people across Alabama apply for Social Security disability benefits and respond when a claim is denied.
Understanding the benefits
Social Security has two disability-benefit programs with different financial requirements. Social Security Disability Insurance, or SSDI, is based in part on your work history. Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, is for eligible people with limited income and resources.
Our disability lawyers can help you understand which requirements apply to you and where your claim stands. You may be applying for the first time, trying to understand a denial, or preparing for a hearing.
Do I Qualify?
Describe how your health condition affects the activities your work requires. A diagnosis is a starting point for the conversation.
Applying for Benefits
Start with the application stage, the information already submitted and any requests for further records.
Denied Benefits and Appeals
If you have a denial, start with the notice and the instructions it contains. The full appeals timeline below explains stages without promising a result or waiting time.
Disability Hearing
If a hearing is scheduled, keep its notice and identify the questions you have about preparation, records and what to expect.
Do I Qualify?
Describe how your health condition affects the activities your work requires. A diagnosis is a starting point for the conversation.
Applying for Benefits
Start with the application stage, the information already submitted and any requests for further records.
Denied Benefits and Appeals
If you have a denial, start with the notice and the instructions it contains. The full appeals timeline below explains stages without promising a result or waiting time.
Disability Hearing
If a hearing is scheduled, keep its notice and identify the questions you have about preparation, records and what to expect.
A USEFUL DISTINCTION
Social Security benefits and disability insurance are different paths
Social Security disability benefits come from the Social Security Administration. Employer or privately purchased disability insurance involves a different benefit source. If your paperwork comes from a private insurer or an employer plan, the Disability Insurance page is the other starting point.
Not sure which path fits?
You do not need to know the legal category. Tell us what happened in a Free Case Review.
Questions we can start with
An initial conversation can help identify the information needed to assess your situation. This page provides a starting point; it does not promise eligibility, representation or a result.
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Social Security Disability Insurance is one of the Social Security disability benefit paths. Ask which program and application information applies to your circumstances.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Supplemental Security Income is a different Social Security program. Review the program named in your paperwork rather than assuming every disability benefit has the same requirements.
Do I Qualify?
Describe how your health condition affects the activities your work requires. A diagnosis is a starting point for the conversation.
Applying for Benefits
Start with the application stage, the information already submitted and any requests for further records.
Denied Benefits and Appeals
If you have a denial, start with the notice and the instructions it contains. The full appeals timeline below explains stages without promising a result or waiting time.
Disability Hearing
If a hearing is scheduled, keep its notice and identify the questions you have about preparation, records and what to expect.
What does Social Security look for?
For an adult claim, Social Security generally requires a medical condition that keeps you from doing your past work or adjusting to other work. It also considers the work you are currently doing and what you earn. The disability must have lasted, or be expected to last, at least 12 months or result in death.
Medical records, your work history and a clear account of your limitations help explain your situation.
What if I’ve been denied?
A denial may be appealed. The general deadline is 60 days after you receive the notice, although some requests to keep benefits going have shorter time limits. Bring the notice so we can explain the decision and the next step that applies to your claim.
Your next step
Tell us what happened
Tell us what happened and which questions you have.
Discuss the information available
Discuss the information available and anything still needed.
Your next step
Ask which next step may be appropriate for your circumstances.
Before your conversation
You can begin with a conversation
Tell us about your health, the work you’ve done and any decision you’ve received. If you have paperwork, bring it. We can help you understand what is relevant without expecting you to know the system first.
Request a Free Case Review or call 844-327-5529.
What will it cost?
Many personal injury and disability insurance cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means the attorney’s fee is a percentage of any recovery. In Social Security disability cases, the fee an attorney may charge is limited by federal law and must be approved by the Social Security Administration. The terms of any representation, including fees and how case costs and expenses are handled, are set out in a written agreement before the firm begins work. Depending on that agreement, a client may be responsible for some costs even when no attorney’s fee is owed.
People and offices
113 2nd Ave NE, Cullman, AL 35055
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Before contacting the firm
Can this page decide my case? No; it introduces questions for an individual conversation. What should I start with? The situation or claim stage above and the documents already available. What will it cost? Many personal injury and disability insurance cases are handled on a contingency fee basis, which means the attorney’s fee is a percentage of any recovery. In Social Security disability cases, the fee an attorney may charge is limited by federal law and must be approved by the Social Security Administration. The terms of any representation, including fees and how case costs and expenses are handled, are set out in a written agreement before the firm begins work. Depending on that agreement, a client may be responsible for some costs even when no attorney’s fee is owed. How do I contact the firm? Use the firm phone or Free Case Review route below.
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