About Key Disability

A Social Security Disability claim can affect how you support yourself and your family when a medical condition keeps you from working. At Key Disability, our practice is built around helping people pursue federal disability benefits and respond when the Social Security Administration denies a claim.

Our attorneys have represented thousands of Social Security claimants. The team also brings substantial hearing experience, including appearances before hundreds of Administrative Law Judges. We combine that experience with a nationwide approach designed for people who want a law firm that stays involved as their claim moves forward.

Call Key Disability at (800) 975-1866 or fill out our online form to discuss your Social Security Disability claim with our team.

The Social Security Administration administers two programs that provide benefits based on disability: Social Security Disability Insurance under Title II and Supplemental Security Income under Title XVI. For adults applying under either program, the Social Security Administration’s disability definition generally requires an inability to engage in substantial gainful activity because of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that is expected to result in death or last at least 12 continuous months.

Our attorneys bring multistate experience to Social Security Disability claims across the country. Key Disability’s background includes work at different stages of the federal disability review process.

Disability cases can involve physical conditions, mental impairments, developmental disabilities, and neurocognitive disorders. Our team has experience handling claims across that range of medical issues.

Key Disability also brings experience from outside Social Security practice. Members of the team have handled employee-side litigation involving wage-and-hour claims, discrimination, and wrongful termination. That broader litigation background complements the firm’s work reviewing records, developing evidence, preparing for hearings, and addressing disputed issues in disability claims.

We approach each case with the idea that the whole team is on your side. That means careful preparation, clear communication, and continued attention as the claim develops.

The Social Security Administration’s appeals process provides four opportunities to challenge an unfavorable decision. The process can include reconsideration, a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge, Appeals Council review, and a civil action in federal district court.

Key Disability represents clients from the initial application through these later stages when further review is appropriate. Our experience includes administrative hearings, Appeals Council work, and federal court review.

The Social Security Administration also allows claimants to appoint an attorney or another qualified person to assist with a claim or appeal. An appointed Social Security representative can access claim information and assist with the claim and appeal process.

A representative cannot simply file paperwork and leave the claimant to manage the rest of the Social Security process alone. Under 20 C.F.R. § 404.1740 and 20 C.F.R. § 416.1540, representatives must provide competent and reasonably prompt assistance, help claimants respond to SSA requests, and maintain timely communication during the representation.

These duties match how we work. We prepare your case carefully, we stay on top of your records, and we keep you informed as your claim is reviewed.

People turn to Key Disability at different points in the process. Some are preparing an initial application. Others have received a denial and need help with the next stage.

Our practice combines nationwide Social Security Disability experience with a team that has represented thousands of claimants and appeared before hundreds of Administrative Law Judges. We are prepared to stay involved through the administrative process and, when needed, through Appeals Council or federal court review.

Call Key Disability at (800) 975-1866 or contact us online to discuss your Social Security Disability claim with our team.