Ridley Park Social Security (SSDI) Lawyer

Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is available through the Social Security Administration (SSA), and our lawyers can help those who need financial support seek it in Ridley Park.

Even valid SSDI claims might be rejected for seemingly minor reasons, like clerical errors in an application. Claims that lack enough medical evidence to assert an applicant’s need for financial support because of their inability to work might also be denied. When assisting you with your SSDI case, our lawyers can ensure your application is thorough and error-free and help you respond to an SSA agent’s request to answer questions or provide more information. We can estimate your potential monthly benefit amount to confirm the SSA’s calculations are accurate and compare your diagnosis to the SSA’s listing of impairments to gauge your eligibility.

Call (215) 515-2954 for a free, confidential case review from Young, Marr, Mallis & Associates’ SSDI lawyers.

Avoiding the Top Causes of SSDI Claim Rejections in Ridley Park

You must apply for Social Security Disability Insurance benefits in Ridley Park, and errors in your application could lead to a claim rejection. Applications that lack sufficient medical evidence to prove conditions could also be rejected, forcing those who need SSDI to restart the process. We can anticipate and avoid many of these common issues when helping applicants with their SSDI claims.

Clerical Errors in Application

All aspects of your SSDI application must be accurate, not just the portions concerning your injury or disability. Failure to provide your banking information, leaving out important details about your dependents, or even spelling mistakes could lead to a claim denial that forces you to restart the SSDI application process. Our attorneys can ensure this does not happen by carefully reviewing your application and all supplemental materials before submitting it to the Social Security Administration for approval.

Lacking Medical Evidence

To be approved for SSDI, you must meet the SSA’s definition of disability. This requires applicants to submit medical evidence confirming their condition, which prevents them from engaging in substantial gainful activity (SGA) for at least a year or is expected to result in death. To show you meet this definition, focus on getting a diagnosis for your condition as soon as you notice changes to your working capacity. Our lawyers can compare your diagnosis to the SSA’s listing of impairments, which outlines many conditions that qualify applicants for SSDI. Along with your SSDI application, we can provide certified medical records containing diagnostic test results and physicians’ assessments so that the SSA agent assigned to your case has ample evidence of your disability.

Poor Communication During Claim Processing

After we submit your SSDI application to the Social Security Administration, an agent may contact you to answer additional questions the agency has about your condition and work capacity. Failure to respond to requests for more information could lead to claim rejections, and our SSDI lawyers can facilitate fast responses to SSA agents and prepare applicants for further inquiries.

Estimating Your Likely Monthly SSDI Payment in Ridley Park

Estimating your potential benefit when applying for SSDI is important so you can see how it might differ from your previous income. This will allow you to appropriately prepare your finances, as you rely on SSDI to fund most of your expenses.

Our lawyers can use your average indexed monthly earnings to determine your primary insurance amount, the base amount of benefits you get. The SSA regularly assesses cost-of-living adjustments that increase monthly benefits to account for inflation and other changes. If your benefits have stayed the same in recent years, our attorneys can contact the SSA immediately to address the matter.

If, after approving your claim, the Social Security Administration’s benefit calculations do not align with our attorneys’ estimations, we can inform the agent assigned to your case to rectify the issue. Ensuring your benefit amount is accurate and fair is crucial, as you may not earn over SGA limits while receiving SSDI.

The upcoming SGA limits in 2025 are $2,700 for blind individuals and $1,620 for non-blind individuals. While receiving SSDI, you must report all outside income to the SSA so it can monitor whether or not it exceeds SGA limits. If it does, you might not get your SSDI check for that month and could also risk unintentionally triggering a trial work period. If left unchecked, this trial work period could threaten your continued access to SSDI, and our lawyers can help recipients handle these situations as well.

Understanding the SSA’s Listing of Impairments for SSDI Eligibility in Ridley Park

While the SSA’s listing of impairments describes specific injuries, conditions, and disabilities that qualify applicants for SSDI, these are not the only qualifying impairments. That is to say, if your condition does not align with one listed by the SSA, that does not mean the agency will reject your application.

Disabilities not expressly mentioned by the Social Security Administration might be close enough to one of its listed impairments for an application to be approved. To demonstrate this, our lawyers would have to show how your injury, disability, or condition prevents you from engaging in SGA, which may require statements from treating physicians in addition to your medical records.

Delaying an SSDI application because you read the SSA’s listing of impairments and assumed you would not qualify could put you in financial distress if you cannot work. Allow our lawyers to review your disability and diagnosis, as you could get Social Security benefits of some kind, even if they are not SSDI. That said, Social Security Disability Insurance typically provides the necessary financial support for those who are newly disabled and have previously been an active part of the workforce.

Call Our SSDI Attorneys in Ridley Park About Your Case for Help Today

Call (215) 515-2954 for help with your case from the SSDI lawyers of Young, Marr, Mallis & Associates.