Should your disability benefits have been unjustly denied, you may be eligible for retroactive benefits. This implies that the government could be indebted to you, providing compensation for the period during which you should have been receiving monthly disability payments but were left without.
If Social Security denies your initial application, but later makes a finding of disability, they might owe you money in retroactive benefits. Retroactive benefits are money to compensate you for the time you were disabled but weren’t receiving benefits. Potentially, retroactive benefits could go as far back as the date you became disabled.
Many clients come to us is at the very end of their road, usually right after a denial of disability benefits. Our attorneys know how lives are changed when we win social security appeals. This is why we love every aspect of what we do. Our firm has helped tens of thousands of clients receive social security disability payments. We are disability lawyers who navigate the process of getting what is already owed to our clients.
Most people applying for disability benefits are in pain and squeezing their last dollar. This can make people feel desperate and hopeless. At Devermont and Devermont, we feel clients have enough to worry about with their health. It is our obligation to remove the stress of pursuing the case so clients can focus on getting better.
At Devermont and Devermont, our staff sits down with each client applying for disability and go through each form with them. If a client is too disabled to come to the office, a telephonic appointment can be made to ensure the application gets completed.
Social Security Disability and SSI appeals also carry a litany of convoluted forms. Devermont and Devermont will make sure all the forms get filed without any stress to the client. Clients need to worry about getting treatment and getting healthy, not filling out legal forms.
A vast amount of legal expertise is needed to navigate the various phases of obtaining Social Security Disability and SSI. It can be a daunting and intimidating task. We seek to eliminate the stress of the process by applying three generations worth of knowledge to every case. This streamlines the process and puts each client in the best position to receive a favorable outcome.
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