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Fresno & Bakersfield Social Security disability lawyer explains what to do when the Social Security Administration denies your disability application.

Most of my Bakersfield and Fresno disability clients come to me after the Social Security Administration has denied their disability applications.

These people are frequently confused and frustrated by the Social Security disability process because they know that they are disabled, and they don’t understand how the Social Security Administration could deny their claim. The most important thing to know about denials of disability applications is that you should not give up. The fact is that the Social Security Administration denies most applications during the first evaluation; only 35 percent of claims are granted disability benefits at that point.

If your claim has been denied, be persistent and get an experienced California Social Security disability lawyer to appeal your case. The success rate on appeal when claimants are represented by experienced Fresno disability lawyers is much better than at the initial application stage.

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Social Security Disability Appeals Are Very Different From the Evaluations of Initial Applications

There is a world of difference between the way that the Social Security Administration handles the first determination of disability applications and the way that it handles appeals after denials. The decision on your disability application is made by people employed by a California agency rather than people from the Social Security Administration, and these people make their decision on the basis of reading your application and medical records; they do not meet with you. On the other hand, an appeal hearing is held before an Administrative Law Judge who works for the Social Security Administration and who holds a hearing on your case. You can appear in person at this hearing so that the judge hears directly from you about your disability. Also, you can have a California disability lawyer  representing you at this hearing, and you can have witnesses who can testify about your disability.
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Anxiety disorders
Arthritis & joint damage
Asthma
Back injuries
Complex regional pain
Congestive heart failure

Chronic fatigue
Crohn’s disease
Cystic fibrosis
Depression/bipolar
disorder
Diabetes​

Fibromyalgia
Hearing impairments
Hepatitis C & liver disease
HIV
Ischemic heart disease
Leukemia

Lung disease
Lupus
Multiple sclerosis
Schizophrenia
Soft tissue injuries
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