Guest guest Posted January 11, 2000 Report Share Posted January 11, 2000 you wrote, " I am looking for an SSA attorney for a woman in North Carolina, near Wilmington. She has post-polio. An attorney familiar with CFS would be ideal. " My attorney (and I live in Texas!) is McBrayer Sasser in Charlotte. He is with , Gage and Sasser and they have won hundreds of CFIDS cases. He has been the lawyer for many of Dr. Cheney's patients. He's on the Board of Directors of the CFIDS Association of America. He will also recommend other lawyers familiar with CFS. In my first phone consultation he asked what questions I had, and the first one I asked was " Do I actually need a lawyer at this point? " (Appealing a termination of my benefits.) He outline three reasons why I really did need a lawyer and then said, " But it doesn't have to be me. I can give you the names of several other lawyers who are outstanding and familiar with CFS. " I liked that. I went with him because both Cheney and Myra Preston recommended him, and he is familiar with the tests they run and how to interpret and explain them. So he was a good choice for me. He might not be for someone else. His number is 704-342-4200. Take care. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2000 Report Share Posted January 12, 2000 with the new standards and adequate medical documentation SSD cases are not that hard to win anymore. I won on the first try. SSD has set new standards for establishing CFS as a disability -- it not as hard as it used to be. So when you heard horror stories they may reflect the way things were under the old standards. Worry more about the extent of the medical documentation than your choice of lawyer. If you win on the first time that mean all your lawyer did was fill out the forms and send in the records. Steve Sieverling wrote: > From: " Sieverling " <lsieverl@...> > you wrote, " I am looking for an SSA attorney for a woman in > North Carolina, near Wilmington. She has post-polio. An attorney > familiar with CFS would be ideal. " > > My attorney (and I live in Texas!) is McBrayer Sasser in > Charlotte. He is with , Gage and Sasser and they have won hundreds > of CFIDS cases. He has been the lawyer for many of Dr. Cheney's > patients. He's on the Board of Directors of the CFIDS Association of > America. He will also recommend other lawyers familiar with CFS. In > my first phone consultation he asked what questions I had, and the > first one I asked was " Do I actually need a lawyer at this point? " > (Appealing a termination of my benefits.) He outline three reasons > why I really did need a lawyer and then said, " But it doesn't have to > be me. I can give you the names of several other lawyers who are > outstanding and familiar with CFS. " I liked that. I went with him > because both Cheney and Myra Preston recommended him, and he is > familiar with the tests they run and how to interpret and explain > them. So he was a good choice for me. He might not be for someone > else. His number is 704-342-4200. Take care. Carol > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > [ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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