A Georgia Disability Lawyer Working to Ensure Fair Access to Benefits

When is the right time to contact a disability lawyer? In Georgia, if your medical condition or mental health leaves you unable to work, you should be eligible for benefits. You do not necessarily need legal advice if all goes well with your application—but that is just the point. A disability lawyer may be necessary to get your just and proper benefits.

Michael J. Brewster, P.C. can help you in the following areas:

• Social Security Disability
• Supplemental Security Income Disability
• Social Security Appeals

Understanding the Georgia disability application process

The disability application process includes the following steps:

• You can apply online or via telephone (800-772-1213) for your benefits.
• An adjudicator from the SSDI office evaluates the claim to determine validity.
• You are then informed if your claim is approved or denied, as well as the amount of coverage if you are approved.
• If your claim is denied, that is certainly not the end of it—you can appeal your case within 60 days. This is called the reconsideration stage. 

Our Lawyers can help

As most lawyers who deal with disabilities know, the Social Security hearing offices are famously backlogged. In Georgia, it is reportedly worse than average. The Atlanta Social Security Administration (SSA) office made staffing increases in recent years due to adverse publicity, but the economic downturn since 2008 has increased the backlog of applicants and workload.

A disability lawyer can help you effectively work your way through the system. In fact, this is the primary focus of disability attorneys—to expedite all aspects of the application and appeal process so eligible individuals can get the benefits they deserve from the system they paid into when they were able to work.

When a case succeeds, the backlog of benefits should be paid to the beneficiary in a lump sum, another aspect of the appeals process your attorney can closely monitor.

Which disability lawyer in Georgia is right for you?

To file an appeal, many applicants work with experienced disability lawyers. An attorney with such experience understands that processing delays in Georgia can be long—with some delays lasting as long as two years. If you appear before a judge without complete documentation of your medical or other records, your case might remain open but you may be subject to delays of many months.

The key point is to file an effective appeal on the first attempt—unless you can afford to be without benefits for extended periods of time.

Contact us

Michael J. Brewster, P.C. is a disability lawyer in Georgia who has helped many people and would like to help you too. Contact us online or by calling 888-750-4018. We also have locations in Atlanta and Marietta to suit your needs.