Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

You should have hired a new attorney when you started the new application.

At the AC stage either B&B and/or the new attorney can request a higher fee than the $6000 max, so IF the new attorney feels the ALJ you haven't seen yet makes a legal error in her ruling, and that your case is strong enough to eventually win, they should be willing to take you on.

Your timeline is really not that unusual. And I know you like to think of it has having taking 8 years, but you should be starting the clock after you started your second application.

Without the right evidence of a severe enough disability you could spend 10 years fighting for benefits and ultimately be denied.

You need to focus on preparing for the ALJ hearing. Go through this forum on SSDfacts if you haven't already. http://ssdfacts.com/forum/index.php?board=4.0