New Social Security Hearing Office - Franklin TN

One of the newest hearing offices is the new ODAR office in Franklin, TN.  When Social Security opened the new Franklin office, the average waiting time for a disability hearing was over 500 days.  The goal of the new office is to reduce that waiting time by one-half--down to about 270 days.

In Tennessee, about 70 percent of Social Security disability applications result in denials.  The next step is called Reconsideration--where the same state agency that processed the denied applications gets to review the case again--using a different examiner.  Most reconsideration cases also are denied.  The next step is a hearing before an administrative law judge.

Award (approval) rates vary from one hearing office to another and from one judge to another.  But everyone agrees, the hearing is your best chance to win a Social Security disability claim.

Your odds of winning may be increased by using a professional representative or advocate who understands the Social Security disability system and how it works.  Social Security disability is regulated by thousands of pages of laws, rules and regulations.  It is not simple.  Winning a case before a judge is not easy.  

The Forsythe Firm operates all over north Alabama and in middle Tennessee.  We have local advocates in the Franklin, Columbia, Spring Hill, Murfreesboro and Nashville areas.  If you live in one of these areas and need help with a Social Security disability claim - please call us.  There is never a consultation fee.  We charge no fee unless you win your case and also collect back pay.  Our firm is qualified for direct pay from Social Security.  If you win back pay, Social Security will deduct the fee they approve and send it to us directly.  So you never have to write us a check.  All consultations are free and without obligation.


THE FORSYTHE FIRM

 
(256) 799-0297 for our Huntsville, AL office
(615) 732-6159 for our Nashville, Tn office

 Established in 1979, the National Organization of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR) is a professional association of over 4,000 attorneys and other advocates who help individuals with disabilities obtain Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits.   To be eligible for disability benefits, individuals must be unable to engage in "substantial gainful activity" because of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or has lasted for at least 12 months. NOSSCR members represent these individuals with disabilities in legal proceedings before the Social Security Administration and in federal court.

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