How Our Oshkosh Disability Attorneys Help You
For every step of the Social Security Disability process, an Oshkosh disability lawyer from Geary Disability Law makes sure your claim is done professionally, persuasively, error-free, and with less stress on you.
We help people in Oshkosh:
- Understand if you qualify for Social Security Disability
- Apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) for people with eligible work histories
- Apply for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) for people with extremely limited financial means
- Apply for “disabled adult child” benefits under SSDI for people with limited work histories whose parents qualify under Social Security rules
- Apply for widow or widower benefits for spouses of people who qualified for SSDI
- Appeal benefits denials, including representing you in hearings with disability judges
If you’re wondering what benefits you should apply for or how to even start, Geary Disability Law doesn’t charge anything for people in Oshkosh to talk over your situation and help you move forward.
5 Tests for Getting Social Security Disability Benefits in Oshkosh
Social Security puts people in Oshkosh, and across the country, through several tests before awarding financial assistance.
This is meant to make sure only deserving people get benefits, but it also means you have to go through an intense process. Your Geary Disability lawyer in Oshkosh helps with the forms, the evidence, the arguments, the deadlines and everything else that goes into a disability claim.
These are five key tests Social Security puts to you, and that Geary Disability Law helps you pass:
- Are you off work? You can’t be earning more from work than what Social Security calls “substantial gainful activity” and still get disability benefits in Oshkosh.
- Do you have major health problems? Records from your medical treatment, from doctors, nurse practitioners, therapists and all kinds of clinics and hospitals in Oshkosh, must show that your medical conditions significantly limit your daily life.
- Is your health problem on Social Security’s list? Social Security maintains a list of impairments that qualify for disability benefits, including directions on symptoms to document and medical evidence to provide. If your diagnosis is listed, you’ll follow these steps.
- Could you return to your last job in Oshkosh? Even if your illness is not on the official list, you can use medical records and assessments to show that your health problems prevent you from doing the kinds of work you have experience performing and the tasks involved.
- Is there another job you can do? Social Security doesn’t stop with your health preventing you from doing jobs you’ve done before. You must show that you’re unable to switch to any job that your training, your age and your skills might allow.
It’s a heavy lift to get Social Security Disability benefits.
But in the end, it’s worth it if you get financial help allowing you to live your fullest possible life in Oshkosh.
Do it with support from someone skilled and experienced in this process.
