Personalized Advice Through All Stages of an SSDI Claim
The Social Security disability insurance (SSDI) practice at Purrazzella & Purrazzella, P.A., offers dependable and responsive client service for people throughout New Jersey who need advice about the claims process, from the initial application to the administrative appeal. For a free consultation about your right to benefits and what you can expect to encounter along the way, contact us in Toms River.
Joseph Purrazzella has decades of experience assisting people through the SSDI claims process. You'll form a close working relationship with your lawyer, and your direct access to the attorney handling your case can help ensure that all of the details and subtleties of your case will be covered. He can review your situation and give you a good idea of your ability to prove your right to benefits by meeting both of the main eligibility criteria: work experience and a disability that keeps you from working for at least one year.
Get an Attorney's Advice About Eligibility for SSDI Benefits: Call 888-825-9980
Most people find it fairly easy to meet the work experience requirement. Most people who have worked at least 20 of the previous 40 payroll quarters (that is, five of the previous ten years) before becoming disabled will satisfy this requirement. Younger workers need proportionally less work experience. If you don't have the necessary recent work history for SSDI benefits, you might still be able to establish your eligibility for a Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claim.
The hard part for most applicants is proving one or more impairments, either physical or mental and supported by medical evidence, that are severe enough to keep you from working for at least 12 months.
At Purrazzella & Purrazzella, our attorneys work closely with SSDI applicants at every stage of the process, including the initial application. Although it is common for the initial application to be denied, our involvement from the beginning can improve your chances for a positive result at the next stage, the petition for reconsideration. In recent years, denials of initial applications have been increasingly reversed at the reconsideration stage as a way to catch up to the administrative hearing backlog experienced in the Social Security disability system.
The administrative hearing is the third step in the process, but the first chance you and your lawyer will have to present evidence of your medical impairments before an administrative law judge. Our experience with the proof of physical and mental impairments over opposition can represent an important advantage for our clients.
Purrazzella & Purrazzella provides reliable advice and vigorous advocacy for SSDI applicants all over New Jersey and in many other parts of the United States as well. For a free consultation about your claim, contact our office in Toms River.
