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Originally Posted by LIT LOVE
Ballerina: Every circumstance is different. For those with little or no backpay, that can actually find a good attorney, they won't pay out hardly any fee anyway. Other than a legally capped fee, there is no downside to using an attorney that I can think of other than having a personal issue with the legal profession. When the legal fee is the objection, as I've repeatedly said, there are non-profit legal services as well.
Please explain once and for all what your objections are to getting professional legal help?
For those with a psych component to their application or a mental disability claim, for those that are so ill that they're barely functioning in their daily lives, for those in denial of the true extent of their disability, for those that don't have family resources to fall back on, exploring extra legal help early on makes sense.
Just because someone's view is different than yours, doesn't make theirs automatically "uninformed" or incorrect. **
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I am an example of a young person with a mental illness who was approved without an attorney on the first try. But I know that I'm the exception, not the rule, and LIT LOVE I agree with everything you've said regarding hiring a lawyer. However, I also think it is important to point out the issue that Ballerina touched upon: that not
everyone needs an attorney, so it is misinformed to think that an attorney is
necessary. When I did some initial research, I found that some sites said an attorney was necessary for being approved, and that is incorrect. It was only after considerable more research that I found out people had won without attorneys and I felt comfortable applying on my own. Most people though would benefit from an attorney's expertise.
PS I am new to this board so perhaps LIT LOVE you were responding to past comments, but as an outsider, I did not find this comment by Ballerina offensive in any way. I read Ballerina's comment as neutral. *