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HOW TO SAVE MONEY WITH A DISABILITY CLAIM & STILL BE WELL REPRESENTED

You would expect to pay big money to get a lawyer to handle your Social Security disability claim.  The expenses, alone, could be tremendous, not to mention the attorney's fee.

But this is not the case.

You can actually get top-notch disability representation with no upfront fees, and the lawyer or advocate will even pay all of the upfront expenses for you.

So your cash outlay to appoint first-tier legal representation is $0.

1.  Your representative does all the work and charges no upfront fees.

2.  Your representative purchases all your medical records, doctor's reports, and other required records--at his own expense.

So, there is a lot of work and a lot of potential expense in taking a Social Security disability claim to court.

It seems like a very good bargain to let your representative bear the responsibility for all the work plus all the expense.  If your claim fails, you have not been out one cent.  So, representation takes the risk out of it for the claimant.

What about if you win?  Social Security will approve a fee for the attorney's work and pay it directly.  Some attorneys will then invoice you for actual expenses they paid for medical records.  But remember, this is only if you win.

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