Disabled and out of work?
Put an Attorney to Work
Not surprisingly, the United States has become a crueler, tougher place. The recession, naturally, has triggered a wave of small property crimes, and it has inspired all kinds of new scams and frauds. For a while, unscrupulous characters claiming to rescue struggling families from foreclosure would, in fact, persuade them to sign over their deeds to their properties, and then they would sell the houses right out from under the hapless and helpless families. Ingenious, maybe, but decidedly just plain villainous. And as frauds spring-up like mushrooms after a spring rain, some of the old standards make their reprise. For example, workman’s compensation and social security frauds run rampant.
Insurance companies now scrutinize every detail of new claims, and they frequently deny perfectly legitimate claims, because someone somewhere forgot to cross the T’s, dot the i’s, and correctly spell “hernia.” Social Security has tightened-up its documentation requirements for permanent disabilities, and it too rejects many perfectly legitimate claims because of suspicion about doctors’ credentials and the documents they prepare.
More than ever, if you have suffered a serious injury at work, leaving you incapable of returning to your old employment, or possibly leaving you incapable of ever returning to any kind of employment, you need a disability attorney. You do have hearing and dispute rights, and you do have leverage in negotiations with major insurance companies, but “the little guy” frequently stands no chance against the corporate “big boys.” Naturally, an attorney at least evens the odds; usually, skilled counsel turns the odds in your favor.
Similarly, if you have filed a legitimate claim for Social Security benefits and encountered all kinds of red tape and legal-sounding mumbo-jumbo—“the legislation this” and “the regulations that”—an attorney can help you cut through all the bureaucracy, make sense of the rules and regulations, and get the benefits to which you have contributed your entire working life.
Illness, accident, and disability are depressing, discouraging, and disheartening enough without adding insult to injury with serious financial worries. If you experience difficulties collecting on valid claims, call an expert disability attorney. Put the attorney’s talent, skill, knowledge, and passion to work for you.
