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Nashville Social Security Disability Attorney

I am a Nashville social security disability attorney with my office centrally located to provide representation to a large amount of clients within the United States. Although I am a Nashville social security disability attorney my office at socialsecuritydenied.com covers many states, I adhere to a policy of knowing that my disability clients are more than just a number. I understand how important your case is to you.

I personally take each phone call from new clients, you will speak directly to me, and not a receptionist or paralegal, I represent each client in his or her jurisdiction and or state. From the time you phone me at my disability office, it will be me that you are working with, from initial application, appeals through hearings if required.

Throughout my 16 year legal career I have always been an attorney, I have never worked for the government, I have always represented hard working men and women. My father was a truck driver for over 30 years, I know personally the struggles that can occur when a person has to file for disability, my father filed after becoming ill, and I remember how important the disability process was to him. It is for that reason I have always chosen to represent people and not insurance companies or the government.

I also provide a service of coming to you, should you not want to come to Nashville. You will not be meeting a runner and or a clerk, you will be meeting me at your home. I am honored that someone would invite me into their home for a case.

Please give me a call at socialsecuritydenied.com, I practice on a policy that each case is the most important case, I look forward to speaking you about your disability claim.

Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

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Denied My Disability

by Disability Lawyer

Denied my disability, how can they do that? Often the first words I hear are the title of this article, I can’t believe they denied my disability. Unfortunately that is most common in the area of law I practice, Social Security Disability. Some people are under the impression that one need only apply, and that will result in receiving benefits, most of the time that is simply not true. The truth is more than not, you will saying they denied my disability, I cant believe it. We see this everyday at our office, please give me a call, after you have said to yourself they denied my disability, make me your next move.

Today Social Security has developed many ways to apply for disability, you can use the internet, the phone or mail. I encourage clients who come to see me before they apply, to use the internet. If you use the internet you will not have to wait on a phone, and you can apply seven days a week, and at anytime of the day. However, as stated above, you will probably receive the standard denial letter after your application for disability benefits has been fully completed.

Once you are denied disability, the clock is ticking, you are under a deadline to get your information returned to Social Security Disability or you risk your case being denied based on a failure to meet the deadlines, this step of the appeal process is known as reconsideration. If you fail to make their deadlines, usually you must refile all over again from the beginning with Social Security.

Once your first appeal is in, usually you will be denied for a second time, once you are denied the second time you must again meet deadlines or your disability claim will be denied, and you will have to start all over from the beginning. This next step in your appeal process is called asking for an ALJ hearing. There are many forms and documents that must be filled out and returned to Social Security, it may seem like many of the documents have already been filled out when you applied, but you must fill them out again if you wish to properly proceed with your appeal and be heard by the ALJ.

If there is situation where you have missed your disability deadline by a short time, I have been successful in re-opening cases for clients, and thus they do not have to start all over. Social Security Disability is very particular about making deadlines in regards to your disability claim.

After filing for your ALJ hearing at Social Security they will inform you of the new dates, the required paperwork, when your hearing will be, who your vocational expert will be, and when you must provide Social Security Disability with all your updated medical records, without your updated records it may be impossible to prove your claim. I always like to include when possible, a medical source statement filled out by a medical doctor.

Social Security Disability is a daunting task, the above explanation of the claims process is only a glimpse of the work that goes into a client’s case. Should you need an attorney to represent you in your claim, whether you are about to file, or you are about to have a hearing, please give me a call, I would enjoy speaking with you.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.

ALS Disability Attorney

by Disability Lawyer

The full name of ALS is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, it is called Lou Gehrigs Disease by most. This disease is progressive and invariably it is fatal. The disease attacks the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement. The result in most cases is the inability to control and or move muscles, the disease attacks every aspect of the human body, including the lungs, vocal chords, and muscles used to swallow.

Under Social Security Disability there is a listing for ALS. The diagnosis may be made by electrophysiological study, your history, and neurological findings that are generally the same as ALS. Currently there is not one test to determine if in fact you have ALS.

Social Security Disability requires the diagnosis to be made with generally accepted medical practices. The generally accepted practices are really just what is accepted in the medical community as the proper way to diagnose ALS.

While there is not currently a cure, being able to have insurance and a monthly check through Social Security for treatment can ease one of the burdens that this disease puts on a person. If you need assistance with your disability claim please feel free to phone the office at anytime Monday through Saturday at toll free (877) 271-2633 or local at (615) 308-2633. I look forward to speaking with you.

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Daniel L. McMurtry, Esq.