Social Security Disability · Paintsville, Kentucky
Social Security disability claims.
If a medical condition keeps you from working, a disability claim can feel like a wall of forms and waiting. We help clients file, appeal, and get through a hearing.
Disability
Disability claims for people who can no longer work.
We handle both Social Security disability programs, SSDI and SSI. Claims can take a long time and come with strict deadlines, and we help people through the process.
Two programs
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) pays monthly benefits to people whose disability or blindness stops or limits their ability to work, and who have enough work history.
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) pays monthly benefits to adults and children with a disability or blindness, and to people 65 or older, who have little or no income or resources.
Source: SSA, Disability; SSA, SSI
If you're denied
A denial isn't the end. Social Security has four levels of appeal: reconsideration, a hearing before an administrative law judge, Appeals Council review, and federal court.
At each level, you generally have 60 days after you receive the notice to appeal. Social Security assumes you got the notice five days after the date on it.
Source: SSA, Appeals Process
What helps a claim
- Keep every letter from Social Security, with its envelope.
- Keep going to your doctors, and keep a list of where you've been treated.
- Write down the jobs you've had and what each one required you to do.
Who & Fees
Who handles it, and fees.
Our trial practice
Social Security disability claims are part of the trial practice Brandon May leads, with paralegals Heather Ray and Sandy Blair.
- Brandon MayPartner, leads the trial practice
- Heather RayLead Trial Paralegal
- Sandy BlairParalegal to Brandon May
How fees work
In most situations, a representative has to get Social Security's written approval before charging you a fee. We'll explain how that works in your case before you sign anything.
Also
Other ways we help.
- We also handle
Premises liability
Injuries caused by unsafe conditions on someone else's property.
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Property & land
Delinquent tax, quiet title, trespass, boundary, right-of-way, and oil and gas cases.
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DUI defense
DUI cases where the stop, the arrest, or the testing raises real constitutional questions.
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Trial work & litigation
Cases that need a courtroom, including wreck cases that go to trial.
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Contact
Call us, or stop by the office.
We don't take case details through the website. The best way to reach us is by phone during office hours, or in person on College Street. Consultations on personal injury cases are free.
You don't have to live close by. We can handle most of a case by phone, video, and electronic signing. If a court date requires you to be there in person, we'll tell you ahead of time.
(606) 264-5955Office
Teeters & May, PLLC228 College Street
Paintsville, KY 41240
Hours
- Monday–Friday
- 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
- Saturday–Sunday
- Closed
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