That's how I felt about it too Achilles......I didn't look at it as $5300 taken from me, I looked at it as what they got me both in backpay and security going forward.

I will also say, my SSDI lawyer took care of everything for me.....gathering all the records and filing everything. I just had to show up at the hearing. Initially when I was filling out all the forms and calling docs to remind them to send in records, I was mentally exhausted from it (brain fog didn't help) and in so much more pain from the stress of it.

My WC lawyer on the other hand......Ugh ! I don't want to be reprimanded by a lawyer when a doc doesn't fill something out. He acts like I'm inconveniencing him whenever I call with a question/issue.