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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

I actually practice before the SSA. If you have any theoretical questions, I'll give them a shot. I stress theoretical, if the aren't I can't answer them.

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

The max you can make on a ssa case is 6k except in rare circumstances. It is not a good way to become a rich lawyer.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Which requires massive overhead and advertising costs.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

But you know hey if my advertising was saturated enough where I had my pick of 59 year olds with less than 10 pound lifting restrictions then yeah it's an easy way to win cases on a small margin.

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Binder and Binder is not going to take you case if there is a chance of losing. Which was toasticles point and he is right

euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

A person in your situation may be in luck. http://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Pamphlets/austrlia.html

It looks like Australian work credits can in some circumstances be honored by SSA.

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euphronius
Feb 18, 2009

Yeah if you are getting into the territory of whether your residual functional capacity qualifies you for ANY work, you are pretty much screwed because a talented vocational expert can come up with something usually. I lost a case where the only job my client could do was "nut sorter". It is best to win these cases at the listing level or on the "grids" as they are called.

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