Re: Re: Attorney recommendation for Private Disability Issues and follow-on Social Security

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Quite frankly, I found a very good disability attorney. I too have been through the appeal, deny, appeal, deny process .. that lasted about 3 years. Just recently won my disability claim. Now I worry about them trying to take it away. I am unemployed. You really must have a good attorney. They are entitled to 6000.00 max. From: Chicago48 <ect9148@...> Sent: Friday, March 2,

2012 10:15 AM Subject: Re: Attorney recommendation for Private Disability Issues and follow-on Social Security

I am only able to address my experience with Private Disability Insurance and the cross over to SSDI vs applying as an individual directly to SSDI. Two completely different situations. I know I will get a lot a crticism from from the "experts" on this blog. First,private short term disability is confimed every month for a set amount of time, in my case 6 months.At some time before this period ends The Private Disability Insurance will contact the client and assign a case manger to transition to Private Long Term Disability. The competence of your Drs in filling out these forms is critical. The client needs all relevant medical records. Have them sent directly to the Dr heading your case. Hospitals will charge a per page/fee for records sent to an individual. However, there is usually no charge went sent to a health care professional. A competent Dr knows exactly the correct buzz words to use to complete the Private Long Term Disabilty form to

ensure approval. The client is able to be a big help to the Dr by faxing the volumes of needed medical records to the private LTD Insurance C0, often upwards to 100 pages or more. At this point an attorney is superfluous. Once, relatively quickly, the Private LTD is approved the client will receive monthly checks from the Private LTD co. The Private LTD co will make application to transition to SSDI as soon as possible.The LTD co wants to get the client off their booiks as soon as possible.There is no fee for the client. No attorney necessary. The Private LTD has a dedicated department with higly trained professional staff to doing this. There are already attorneys working in this department. Usually, in this case, SSDI is quickly approved. SSDI knows not to f%$k with these people since ever I is dotted and every T is crossed and they speak "SSDI". No Problem. The horror stories that are true and abundant is when an individual applies directly to SSDI.

This is when hiring a professional to assist in dealing with the submission of the application, needing more info, denial, appeal, denial and appeal that turns into a lengthy procedure of months and years.

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> It is finally time for me to pursue disability. I am currently working full

> time and have short and long term disability insurance.

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> As is always the case with insurance companies, they hate to pay. I want to

> find a good attorney that can help me from the get-go rather than

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> play catch up when things go south. I live in Denver, but it's not really

> necessary that the attorney be local, but it would help.

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> So what I need is a recommendation for a Disability attorney that is first

> familiar with private disability insurance and then social security

> disability.

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> Thanks in advance for any help you might offer.

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> Mike

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