Social Security Disability (SSD)

Social Security Disability benefits are an important part of your Estate Plan. Social Security Disability (SSD) is a federal entitlement program, funded by your Social Security taxes, designed to compensate you for lost income should you become disabled.

If you qualify for Social Security Disability and your application is denied — as many are — we can help you with your appeal.

What does this involve? We gather medical and other evidence to verify that you qualify; research and analyze legal issues related to your Social Security Disability claim; ask that your application for benefits be reopened; help you prepare for your hearing; object to improper evidence and procedures at your hearing; and make sure that your benefits calculation is correct. If you lose, our litigators can further appeal the hearing decision to the SSA Appeals Council or the federal courts.

Through our Protocols affiliate, we advise clients on the subject of medical settlements – particularly the incorporation of public benefits like Social Security Disability into settlement strategies.

We work closely with you and your family, public and private benefits providers, employers, business partners, professional services providers, fiduciaries and charitable organizations to make sure that your Social Security Disability benefits – as an important component of your Estate Plan – meet your unique personal and financial objectives.

Attorneys:

Robert L. Sagrillo | Henry M. Kohnlein

info@sagrillokohnlein.com