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Your chances of approval for Social Security Disability are best when you have a long work history, strong evidence of your medical impairments, and a record of following your treatment plans, among other points.

How to Make a Strong Social Security Disability Claim

You worked hard. You took care of yourself and your family. You’re a responsible person.

Then you got hit with health problems that threw everything into confusion. You can’t be the steady force you once were. Social Security Disability benefits are designed to help people in your situation—people who worked and paid into it the program—get peace and stability back in your life.

But Social Security denies most people. How can you tell if you might have a good case for benefits? What are the signs that you will be approved for disability?

It starts with having severe medical conditions, being nearly completely unable to work, and having tons of documentation to prove it.

But it gets much more technical than that. A whole type of lawyer—a Social Security Disability lawyer—focuses on this process and getting you through it. And you can sign them onto your case without paying anything up front.

In Texas you’ll find some of the best disability lawyers at Morgan & Weisbrod.

Our Texas disability attorneys have helped thousands of people.

And our layers are board certified in disability law. That goes above and beyond the basic requirements to be a disability lawyer. And it proves how seriously we take helping people who face economic instability just because of bad health.

To give you a better idea what you’re facing, we’ve got more information below on the signs that you might be approved for Social Security Disability.

For help with your specific needs, get in touch with us in Dallas-Fort Worth or any Texas community.

Ingredients of a Successful Social Security Disability Claim

Your chances of winning Social Security Disability benefits improve when your claim includes:

  • Ample medical evidence showing you have a severe impairment
  • Work history details that make it clear your condition wouldn’t allow you to continue in work you’re qualified to do, especially if you’re over age 50
  • For people under 50, evidence that your impairment is so severe you couldn’t do any kind of full-time work
  • A long and steady work record, hinting that you wouldn’t choose to leave work if you didn’t have to
  • Educational background, experience and age showing you couldn’t easily change to new jobs
  • A record of regularly going to the doctor, doing all you can to manage your health
  • Testimony that your life outside work (activities, hobbies, housework) is also limited by your health
  • Complete and correct information on all of your Social Security forms
  • Prompt responses to requests for information from Social Security, meeting all their deadlines
  • A frank description of how your ailments limit your daily life—not downplayed, or overplayed either—especially when you talk to a disability judge

An experienced Social Security Disability lawyer knows what makes a strong claim for benefits and what will pass Social Security’s scrutiny.

And your lawyer steps in to do the legwork, making sure you present your case to Social Security in a way that gives you the best chance of winning disability benefits.

First, talk to a Texas disability attorney at Morgan & Weisbrod—FOR FREE—to find out more about how you might be able to get financial backup from Social Security Disability.

Signs You’ll Be Approved for Disability: Behind the Scenes

Underneath all of the above elements of a strong claim for Social Security Disability benefits are some key legal concepts the government uses to decide if you qualify:

  • Medical-vocational allowance (MVA): Social Security has specific guidelines for how to get disability benefits with many different medical conditions. But often your impairment won’t exactly fit their list. When that happens, you ask for an MVA, which concludes that your particular diagnosis and symptoms still qualify you for disability.
  • Residual functional capacity (RFC): Regardless of what medical conditions you have, Social Security uses RFC to decide what you can physically do every day. It measures capabilities like standing, walking, lifting and concentrating on tasks. They use your residual functional capacity to decide if you can get a medical-vocational allowance.
  • Substantial gainful activity (SGA): Whether you have an impairment on their list, or another one that you get recognized through your residual functional capacity, Social Security ultimately decides if you’re unable to work enough because of your health—and therefore eligible for disability benefits—by applying the SGA standard. Substantial gainful activity is a measure of a basic amount of work you’re doing, including the monthly amount you earn. If you’re under the SGA line, you’re closer to being approved for benefits. Over SGA and you’ll be denied. The exact dollar limit changes year to year.

If you can meet all of these standards, chances are you’ll be approved for Social Security Disability.

But you can see how this quickly gets much more complicated than just saying you’re sick and can’t work.

You can benefit by having a disability lawyer who nails down all the details exactly the way Social Security wants them.

And you never pay a fee for a disability lawyer until you win benefits.

If you’re anywhere in Texas, and you need help because a health crisis has sent your financial situation spiraling, talk to a Morgan & Weisbrod disability attorney.

It’s the first step toward being approved for disability benefits, getting your budget back on steady ground, and living a calmer, happier life.

Morgan Weisbrod  LLP

by Paul B. Burkhalter
Managing Partner of Morgan Weisbrod , Board Certified in Social Security Disability Law.

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