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19. You do not pay lawyers!

Reply to slightlv (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 29, 2022, 08:43 AM

Oct 2022

On an SSDI case they get a cut of the final payout.

It is limited to what you receive in back pay. It is called a contingency agreement which you sign with the lawyer when you retain them. Mine got $2,000.00 and it was worth every single cent! Without him, I may have never received anything!

If the lawyer doesn't get it for you, they get nothing.

Again, you do NOT pay lawyers anything on an SSDI case.

I'm glad you are on SSA now in any event.

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Social Security Disability [View all] yankee87 Aug 2022 OP

Yes, almost everyone I've known was turned down once or twice n/t TexasBushwhacker Aug 2022 #1

That is infuriating-- but I've heard it too. viva la Aug 2022 #2

Seems like that happened Rebl2 Oct 2022 #14

Everyone I've known who got approved had an attorney TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #15

Yikes! Rebl2 Oct 2022 #16

The thing that's crazy TexasBushwhacker Oct 2022 #17

The only folks I ever knew that got it on first try were cancer victims questionseverything Aug 2022 #3

Yep Lifeafter70 May 2023 #21

I hope for a miracle for him questionseverything May 2023 #22

Thanks Lifeafter70 May 2023 #23

This will probably be shocking....I know about 10+ people that have gotten SSDI walkingman Aug 2022 #4

how do you know they are not disabled ? drray23 Aug 2022 #6

Because they are my friends and neighbors. They didn't hide their efforts from me. I live walkingman Aug 2022 #8

You are correct TexasBushwhacker Aug 2022 #10

I got it 1st try. I was 57, had put in to the system 40 yrs. Too old Meadowoak Aug 2022 #5

I tried. Didn't get it. Knew I wouldn't get; Hubby insisted I try. slightlv Aug 2022 #7

You do not pay lawyers! CountAllVotes Oct 2022 #19

Agreed with poster above everybody takes at least two tries and sometimes more mahina Aug 2022 #9

Thank you yankee87 Aug 2022 #11

Don't ever stop trying so you get the money from when you first applied womanofthehills Aug 2022 #12

If you're 62 sign up for regular and timms139 Oct 2022 #13

I applied after getting a DX of multiple sclerosis CountAllVotes Oct 2022 #18

I have vEDS, had a brain aneurysm, then a heart attack Goddessartist Feb 2023 #20