Hire Social Security Disability Lawyer To Get Ssd/ssdi Benefits
The social security disability act comes to the rescue of those persons who are unable
to engage in any substantial gainful activities because of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, has lasted, or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
Disability insurance benefits, which are one of the most important types of social security disability benefit for those individuals who have worked in recent years (at least five years out last ten years) and who are now disabled.
Disabled Widows and Widowers Benefits are paid to individuals who are at least aged 50 years and had became disabled within a certain amount of time after the death of their husband or wife. The late wife or husband must have worked enough under the Social Security to be insured.
Disabled Adult Child Benefits are paid to those children of persons who are drawing Social Security disability or retirement benefits or who are deceased. The child must have become disabled before attaining the age of 22.
Supplementary Security Income Benefits are paid to individuals who are disabled and poor and it does not matter for whether such an individual has worked in the past or not.
SSI Childs disabilities benefits are a variety of SSI benefits paid to children aged below 18 and are disabled. The way through which the disability is determined is a little different for children.
Hiring a social security disability lawyer for claiming benefits is not mandatory but for the claimant, it is beneficial to hire a social security disability lawyer as it is statistically proved that claimants who are represented by lawyer win a good deal more often than those who were not represented.
When the claimant decides to hire a social security disability lawyer, then he or she enters into a contingency fee agreement with the SSD lawyer who agrees to represent the concerned Social Security Disability claimant. The contingency fee agreement stipulates that the SSD lawyer had agreed to represent the claimant/client and will receive payment for the SSD claim only if the concerned claimant is awarded Social Security Income (SSI) or Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits. In case, the claimant does not win the disability claim then he or she does not deems to owe the disability lawyer any payment except if payment relates to expenses that were negotiated as part of up-front in the claimants fee agreement.