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The disability evaluation process

  • Answers to 8 common questions
  • Examples of who is and is not disabled
  • The sequential evaluation process
  • A large bureaucracy
  • Glossary

Disability forms

  • Employment questionnaire
  • Monthly headache diary
  • Monthly wage information
  • Activities questionnaire

Disability appeals

  • The appeal process
  • Good cause for late appeals

Your disability hearing

  • Advice for your Social Security disability hearing
  • Answers to 14 common questions
  • The hearing
  • Your testimony
  • Lay witnesses
  • Vocational issues

After a favorable decision

  • Answers to 25 questions
  • Delayed benefits
  • Questions about working part-time
  • Continuing disability reviews

Legal issues

  • Alcohol or drug addiction
  • Borderline age
  • Chemical sensitivity and
    environmental illness
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Illiteracy
  • Inability to afford treatment
  • Inability to speak English
  • Inability to stoop
  • Lupus
  • Manipulative limitations
  • Severe impairment definition
  • Subjective pain complaints
  • Worn-out worker regulation

Applying for disability benefits when you have:

  • 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
  • Stroke

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Atkins and Associates, Attorneys-at-Law, L.L.C.
SynerG Law Center
6075 Barfield Road, Atlanta, GA 30328

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Areas Served: We handle Social Security disability claims for claimants from all of Georgia, and particularly the Atlanta Metro area, including these counties and communities:

Counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Newton, and Rockdale.

Communities: Cherokee County: Woodstock. Clayton County: Forest Park and Riverdale. Cobb County: Acworth, Kennesaw, Marietta, Powder Springs, and Smyrna. De Kalb County: Chamblee, Decatur, Dunwoody, and Doraville. Douglas County: Douglasville. Fayette County: Fayetteville and Peachtree City. Forsyth County: Cumming Fulton County: Alpharetta, Atlanta, College Park, East Point, Johns Creek, Milton, Roswell, Sandy Springs, and Union City. Gwinnett County: Buford, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Lilburn, Norcross, Snellville, Sugar Hill, and Suwanee. Henry County: McDonough and Stockbridge. Newton County: Covington. Rockdale County: Conyers.

Experienced lawyers in other regions: Alabama Social Security disability attorney, Lowell Disability Lawyer

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