If you are about to file for long term disability, you are obviously dealing with a physical or mental disability that is going to last for a long time. You might think that with the medical records that you have that you can file for your disability benefits without the help of an attorney. While it is certainly true that you have the right to apply on your own, without any legal assistance, that might not be what you really want to do. Instead of going through this process on your own, you will want to consider retaining a long-term disability attorney to assist you. To help you have a better understanding as to why that is the case, you will want to check out the following information.
You Need All Forms Completed Perfectly
When you first apply for disability benefits, you will receive a fairly large questionnaire that you have to fill out and return by a set date. This questionnaire can be very intimidating for a lot of people, especially when it seems as though some questions are asked multiple times but in just different ways. It can be confusing and if you make some errors and turn it back into the disability office with those errors still on the paperwork, they could decide to reject your application for benefits, causing you to have to start all over again. When you have a disability attorney, this will not happen. They cannot fill out the form for you, but you can ask them for guidance so you understand the questions better and they can proofread the forms so errors can be caught and corrected before you turn everything in.
They Can Track Down Your Medical Records
If you have been dealing with your disability for a long time, you probably have a lot of different doctors, specialists, chiropractors, hospitals, or surgeons that you have seen. This means that there is a lot of medical documentation proving your disability. This is good, but it can be hard for a lot of people to gather all of the records that they need in order to prove their disability. Instead of worrying about doing that all on your own, you can allow a disability attorney to do it for you.
By taking the previously mentioned points into consideration, you should have a much easier time understanding why it is so vital for you to hire a disability attorney. Why go through all of that trouble on your own when you could have a much better chance at success by retaining a disability attorney assist you. Also, by having a legal team on your side, you will be able to relax a little more and just focus on your health while your disability attorney handles the legal stuff.
Contact a law firm like Iler and Iler for more information.
Share20 November 2019
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