Disability Workbook for Social Security Applicants: Managing Your Application for Disability Insurance Benefits, Revised and Expanded August 2001

The CFIDS Chronicle September/October 1998
... written in clear language and realistically depicts the roles of applicants, their doctors, and the SSA ...

Letter of BMcK, Fountain Valley CA September 16, 1999
I don't think I could have gotten a favorable decision without it. I had been turned down twice already ...

Christopher L. Beard, Attorney, Annapolis MD August 2001
It's the best source available.

Book Description
Two-thirds of disability claims are denied by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in the initial decision. To help people with disabilities overcome these odds, the experienced disability lawyer Doug Smith has written the Disability Workbook for Social Security Applicants. The Workbook is for applicants, and for people who plan to apply. It consolidates all the information that applicants need to fulfill their role of proving disability. Six detailed worksheets organize the evidence that they must provide SSA (and their physicians) to assure clear understanding of their disabilities. The book also shows how to win by appealing if SSA initially disapproves the claim. The book also explains how to respond to disability reviews, and also to take advantage of SSA return to work programs. Excellent for people under age 65 who apply for disability benefits. 152 pages with worksheets. ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS... • What is Social Security Disability Insurance? • How to prove disability? • How to appeal when benefits are denied? • How to get and organize evidence? • How to monitor your case? • How to respond to continuing disability reviews? . How can Socail Security help you get back to work?

About the Author
The author Douglas Smith is an attorney of 35 years experience. He was a civil trial lawyer from 1969 to 1988, and an Assistant United States Attorney from 1965 to 1968. He has practiced disability law since 1983. A resident of Maryland, Doug is married and has two children. He received a bachelor of laws (LL.B.) degree from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., in 1965, and received a bachelor of arts (history) from Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas in 1963. He was honorably discharged from the U.S. Air Force Reserve with the rank of First Lieutenant. Doug is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, an associate member of the National Association of Disability Examiners, and former chairman of the federal legislative committees of the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association Section of General Practice. For further information, contact Physicians' Disability Services, Inc., PO. Box 827, Arnold, Maryland 21012, 410-431-5279.


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