Applying for Social Security Disability Online
Social Security recently announced that it will start accepting retirement benefit applications online. For some time Social Security disability applicants have had this option on the Social Security Administration web site. I have not heard a lot of client feedback on the online application process, and get the sense that most people are still more comfortable filing under the traditional paper method.
In some respects, our approach to a Social Security hearing has changed drastically in the past few years. Most all of our clients' exhibits are submitted electronically, and most exhibit packets take the form of a compact disc.
In the bigger picture, however, our job has not changed. It still comes down to keeping in touch with the client, working with the doctors and nurses to describe our clients' disabilities, and making sure Social Security has all the information it needs to make a decision.
If you have a question about your appeal, electronic or not, don't hesitate to give us a call.
