| Individuals applying for Social Security Disability, Social Security
Supplemental Income, Disabled Children Benefits and/or Disabled Widow
Benefits would be well advised to retain competent counsel. Statistics
clearly show that a significantly higher percentage of cases being
proved when an individual is represented by competent counsel. The
Law Firm of Fox and Fox, for the past 25 years, has successfully represented
thousands of individuals applying for Social Security benefits. In
order for an individual to be found disabled, all relevant medical
and psychological evidence must be gathered, sorted, and presented
to the Social Security Administration in a timely manor. Fox and Fox
has ample resources in which to obtain the evidence required in a
timely manor and present same to the Administration which often proves
dispositive. Although Social Security Law is quite complex, involving
numerous Federal regulations, and rulings, individuals must establish
that:
he/she has not preformed substantial gainful employment within
t welve months of the date of alleged onset or has a disability
expected to end in death
that the individual has an severe impairment which causes more
than a minimal effect on his/her ability to work/or to do/perform
work related activities
that the individual has an impairment that meets/equals the Social
Security Listings under Appendix I of Subpart P of Regulation No.
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that the individual is unable to return to any of is/her past relevant
work within fifteen years, and
that the individual does not have the residual functional capacity
to partake in any substantial gainful employment which is defined
by the rulings as the ability to maintain regular and sustained
employment.
Often credibility is an issue and therefore the Administration
looks to medically determinable impairments established by objective
studies as well as consistency in the individual’s diagnosis,
treatment, medications, prognosis, and various statements. The Claimant’s
statements to the Administration as well to his/her medical providers
along with statements of lay individuals and treating examining
physicians is often crucial to the case.
If you, a family member, or a friend, is in need of competent representation
for a Social Security Disability matter, please telephone this office
and schedule an appointment.
Contact: Joseph B. Wassel (610) 275-7990
jwassel@foxandfoxlaw.com
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