INCREASING YOUR ODDS OF GETTING DISABILITY BENEFITS

• Strong Medical Evidence: Extensive documentation proving your inability to work.  

• Proof of Severity:  Medical proof that your impairment is severe enough to prevent the ability to work.

• Proof of Duration: Prove when your disabling condition(s) began with medical evidence.

• Age: Older applicants (55+) have better chances as they are considered less adaptable to new work. 

• Education/Skills: Lack of education or transferable skills help your case.  

• Work History: Meeting SSA's minimum work credit requirements. 

• Now Earning Below SGA: Not earning over the "Substantial Gainful Activity" limit (e.g., $1,690/month in 2026).  *SGA = Substantial Gainful Activity. If at or over this limit you will not qualify for a benefit, even if you are disabled.

• Having a Lawyer: You are 3 times more likely to be approved if you use a lawyer, as opposed to going at it on your own.

• Appealing your case all the way to the Hearing level. More claims are approved at the Hearing level (with an Administrative Law Judge) than anywhere else in the process.

Call us for a FREE consultation and case review. You never pay us a cent until your case is approved and past due benefits are awarded to you.

Charles W. Forsythe, The Forsythe Firm Huntsville, AL (256) 799-0297

Social Security disabiilty is our specialty. Our only specialty.