Subscribe to our newsletter. So if you aren't happy with what SSA told you over the telephone, you'll be glad to know it may not be correct. Disability lawyers know more about the law than SSA employees and will give you correct information. Many people believe that because they have paid into SSA, their claim should easily be approved when they apply for disability benefits.
Many people believe it's just a matter of filling out the forms and going through the process.
But this isn't true. Usually they will not. Claimants hurt their case by overstating what they can do. If the judge isn't happy with you if he doesn't believe what you're saying or if he is looking for a reason to deny your claim, he may look for inconsistencies in answers you provided earlier on the forms. For example, if you answer one way on the form and testify at a hearing to something else, the judge may use the answer on the form to undermine your credibility and support a denial of your claim.