BEATING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ODDS

I just looked up Social Security's record of disability applications filed between 2005 and 2014.  During that 10-year period, the average approval rate was only 23 percent.  Wow!  77 percent got denied at the application level and had to appeal. (I show this chart on the bottom of this post).

Fortunately, a high percentage of those denied claims were later approved on appeal.  That is, when an administrative law judge (ALJ) listened to the claimant and reviewed the medical evidence during a hearing, the benefits got paid, in a large percentage of cases.

Here is the chart for the period 2005-2014, and the numbers have not changed much since 2014.  (The numbers have not improved recently).



 If you're one of those unfortunate claimants who recently got a denial letter, please call the Forsythe Firm.  Our full-time job is helping honest, hard working people in Alabama to get approved for Social Security disability benefits--when they really deserve it.  If we don't get benefits for you, we work free.  And there's never an upfront cost to you.  We even buy the medical records needed for the judge.

PHONE (256) 799-0297 for a free consultation.

We never charge you a fee unless your claim is successful.