Request a Hearing with an Administrative Law Judge
Even if you’re denied disability benefits following your reconsideration request, you can appeal the denial of benefits to an Administrative Judge.
As part of your appeal to an Administrative Law Judge, we will work with you to update your record to reflect any new medical information or changes in your condition that have occurred. We will try to win your claim without having to appear before the Judge, but if a Hearing is necessary to win your claim, we will be there to represent you.
Your social security hearing before the Administrative Judge is the most crucial stage of the appeal process, and where representation by Strom Law Firm, L.L.C., is most helpful.
An Administrative Judge will preside and testimony will be taken under oath, but the hearing is generally somewhat informal. It is private, usually held in a small room with only the Judge and his or her assistant, you, your attorney, and possibly your spouse or a friend.
As part of this hearing, your medical records will be admitted into evidence. You will be asked questions, either by the Judge or by your attorney, which you must answer to the best of your ability or recollection. The Administrative Law Judge may call experts including “Vocational Experts” and “Medical Advisors,” to testify about the possibility of training for a new job and the severity of the medical condition.
One of our social security attorneys will prepare you thoroughly for the hearing, so there is no need to be apprehensive. Its purpose is to seek the truth and to carry out the purpose of the Social Security Act.
If you receive an unfavorable decision from an Administrative Judge, you have the option of asking the Appeals Council to review that decision.
By: South Carolina Social Security Attorney Pete Strom
