Responsibilities Of Social Security Disability Attorney
Social security disability programs in the form of Social Security Disability Insurance
or SSDI and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) are the largest of several Federal programs that assists people with disabilities. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is administering both of these programs and only those individuals who have disability and meet the medical criteria may qualify for benefits under these programs. The process for claiming these benefits will be easier if the claimant hires a social security disability attorney. The process for claiming the benefits of social security disability may take a long time therefore engaging a social security disability attorney ensures that the claimant have the best possible hearing.
It is observed that the SSA does not approve lot of cases and it may take two to three years to actually getting the administrative hearing stage during the hearing process. Even the concerned claimants social security disability attorney may be unable to speed up the disability case of their client claimants at the earlier stages of process as there is not much left to be done to speed along the disability case at the earlier stages. However, at the administrative hearing stage, the social security disability attorney can take charge and ensure that the concerned claimant have the best possible hearing. In such a case, the responsibilities of a social security disability attorney are:
1. Develop medical records: One of the main responsibilities of social security attorney is to develop medical record. The SSA provides the attorney with an electronic file with all of the medical records that are currently part of the concerned claimants disability file. In such a case, the attorney or his/her staff is required to go through electronic file with the claimant to develop and complete the file. At the time of the administrative hearing, the concerned claimants file must remain completed at all costs.
2. Requesting supportive documents: The other responsibility of a social security disability attorney is to request for supportive documents from any one of the claimants medical professionals such as physicians, health experts etc. and to get work ability forms from the claimants physicians or doctors. The social security disability attorney had to submit work ability forms to the concerned claimants medical professionals and submit these along with the claimants medical files.
3. Ensuring proper question and answer sessions: The social security disability attorney responsibility is to ensure that proper questions are asked and answered during or at the administrative hearing. The attorney at the claimants administrative hearing along with Administrative Law Judge or ALJ shall ensure that all the correct questions are answered. The attorney is also responsible for spending some time with the claimant explaining him or her about the types of questions that will be asked by the ALJ. These are some of the responsibilities of a social security disability attorney.