SOCIAL SECURITY APPEAL

If you were DENIED SOCIAL SECURITY, Call Today to Get Help.

Social Security Disability Claim — Stockton, CA — Donald E. Barrows, Inc

Call Donald E. Barrows before you file a disability appeal!

We don’t get paid unless we win your claim.

You don’t have to face this process alone.

Call us at 209-466-0747.

Three Levels of Appeals

We provide three levels of appeals after your claim has been denied. When you receive your denial letter, read it carefully because it states why your claim was denied and what the deadline is for filing your appeal. If you miss the deadline, you will have to begin the whole process over again.

Level One: Request for Reconsideration

  • Though some states do not allow this level, in most states, you can ask for reconsideration of your claim, and the reconsideration will be performed by a medical consultant and an examiner who were not part of the original assessment of your claim.

Level Two: A Hearing Before an Administrative Law Judge

  • If you were denied for disability again, you’ll receive a letter like the first one stating the deadline to appeal the decision. You must request the ALJ hearing within 60 days.
  • When you go to the ALJ hearing, you should have an attorney in your corner to help you present your medical and all other evidence. You have a good chance of being approved at the hearing because you (and your attorney) can present your case in person, and also call witnesses such as your physician(s) to testify on your behalf about your prognosis, your level of functioning and why you cannot work. You can bring a vocational expert, who can testify about your past work and why you cannot do it or any other work.
  • At this stage of the appeals process, it is a very good idea to have a lawyer for Social Security disability appeal who is experienced in presenting cases before the ALJ. Your attorney knows how these hearings usually go and also is experienced in what evidence to bring and which questions to ask you and other witnesses.

Level Three: Request a Review by the Appeals Council

  • Though a small percentage of claims are granted in an AC review, most often they deny claims at this stage. The AC is looking for procedural errors in your process or prejudice in hearing your case.
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