Find a social security disability attorney in Burke County, North Carolina. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Social Security Income (SSI) pays benefits to qualified applicants who are disabled and need assistance with living expenses. Supplemental security income (SSI) is based on financial need. Additional benefits are available through medicare. Across the United States statistics and studies show that seventy percent (70%) of all SSDI and SSI claims are denied after the initial application. Social security disability lawyers in Burke County, North Carolina handle your legal claim through the application and/or appeal process so that full benefits are recovered as quickly as possible.
NBLSC Certification in Social Security Disability Advocacy - The National Board of Legal Specialty Certification is accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) to certify attorneys as specialists in social security disability advocacy.
Board Certified Specialist in Social Security Disability Law - On March 2, 2006, the North Carolina State Bar Board of Legal Specialization designated Social Security disability law as a field of law for certification of specialists under the North Carolina Plan of Legal Specialization.
State Bar Rules, Ch. 1, Subch. D, .2802 defines the specialty of Social Security disability law as the "practice of law relating to the analysis of claims and controversies arising under Title II and Title XVI of the Social Security Act and the representation of claimants in those matters before the Social Security Administration and/or the federal courts."