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BEWARE OF SSDC SERVICES OR ALLSUP FOR YOUR DISABILITY CLAIM A CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Author • Nov 12, 2018
There are a lot of companies, such as Allsup or SSDC Services which claim to represent you but really protect the interests of the insurance company who may be providing your Long Term or Short Term disability benefits.
How It Works:
Quoting directly from SSDC website is the following:
“SSDC will secure authorization from the LTD recipient to initiate transfer of the LTD plan administrator’s calculated overpayment amount from the recipient’s bank account after the first retroactive SSDI payment has been deposited. After notification of an SSDI award and deposit of funds in the recipient’s account, SSDC will secure verbal confirmation from the recipient to proceed with withdrawal from the account. Periodic contacts by SSDC to remind client of obligation to repay LTD overpayment are mandatory.”
In other words, they, SSDC, Allsup, etc., takes your
money and gives it to the insurance company. Sadly, this is legal under the Social Security regulations. Not only do they not have real attorneys representing you, just “advocates,” you will never get to actually meet your “advocate” in person until the day you see the Federal Judge. By then, you will likely have gone through many “advocates” never knowing who is really representing you.
In the end you lose your back benefits. Clearly, SSDC, Allsup and the rest of the companies in the industry have an obvious conflict of interest and not your best interest in mind.
Avoid such companies who claim that they are FREE because in the end it will cost you your back benefits, possibly the entire claim, and then lose your LTD benefits also because a Judge said you were not disabled.
A recent Washington Post article revealed how frequently the SSA loses when Claimants appeal their denials in Federal Court. Remands back to the ALJ are at a record high. "In the last two fiscal years, federal judges considering appeals for denied benefits found fault with almost 6 in every 10 cases and sent them back to administrative law judges at Social Security for new hearings - the highest rate of rejections in years, agency statistics show." Why is this Happening? "Federal judges have complained of legal errors, inaccurate assessments of whether claimants can work, failures to consider medical evidence, and factual mistakes, according to court rulings and Social Security’s own data." The SSA is making more mistakes and wrongfully denying more claims. “The system has become one of ‘how do we deny this claim’ rather than ‘what is the right answer in this person’s case?’” ... “And the Federal Courts agree: ‘You have to do a better job.’” Success Stories: "At his hearing in March, a new Social Security judge considered the rulings by three federal judges who found that the agency failed to properly consider the severity of his headaches, nerve damage, and other impairments by ignoring treatment notes from his doctors. An outside doctor Social Security hired to examine him also described severe “pain and anxiety” from his injuries. He prepared to wait for months for another rejection. Instead, the written decision came just two weeks later: Sheldon had been awarded the monthly benefits — along with $205,000 in back pay. His first check landed in his bank account this month." This is why we do what we do. To read the full Washington Post article: Click here - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/25/social-security-disability-denials-court-remands/
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