Paying for housing, food, clothing and other necessities can be difficult when you are living with a disability that makes it impossible for you to work. There are SSD and SSI benefits available to people with disabilities, but the process of applying for such benefits can be difficult to navigate alone. Legal help from a firm specializing in Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits is recommended.
Many applicants think that by simply walking into a field office with little or no preparation and signing some papers, their benefits will soon arrive. Regrettably, this is not correct as these applicants are overwhelmingly rejected. This is because the process of applying for benefits is such an ordered and formal process with so many steps that it almost might be considered a ritual rather than a process. The better an applicant understands the process and knows what Social Security is looking for when approving a claim, the greater the chance that the claim will be approved at the initial application.
To increase your chances of getting benefits, you may want to consider hiring a Social Security Disability Advocate in Glendale or another city to assist you through the process. Furthermore, since fees paid to advocates are contingent, you are not obligated to pay them unless they win your claim and this often amounts to only 25% of your back payments.
