Skinner & Associates

I would have given them 5 stars but there were times when I was desperate for information and it took what seemed like forever to get a response or I just didn’t get one. However, I was eventually awarded my full disability.
I’ll warn you the process is long, hardly anyone is approved right away it took 3 years for me to finally be approved. The first two were me and my doctor alone. I hired Skinner & Associates after I ran out of savings and was living out of my truck. In hind sight I should have hired an advocate or attorney immediately and possibly speed the process.
Don’t expect the service for free, it’s a chunk of your back pay, that’s the money from Social Security from the first day you couldn’t work to your first check is paid. Social Security does deduct a period of time kinda like state disability or unemployment insurance.
I had no one to tell me what to expect or to seek advice from so after going through the process here is my advice including things your expected to do.
1) file right away. I waited until my state disability was exhausted 1 year when I should have filed for Social Security right away to get the process rolling.
2) hire an attorney or advocate like Skinner & Associates.
3) If you are physically able be your own advocate meaning make sure you get all paperwork, exams, medical records to the appropriate persons as quickly as possible.
4) be persistent. Keep asking about your case. The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
5) be patient, this is a long trying process.
6) be prepared financially for the long haul. If you file right away and you had been working you’ll have a year in the State of California of State Disability payments to help pay the bills while you are fighting for your Social Security but try to prepare when that runs out. I ended up using all of my savings account.
Good luck!

Great group of people. They are Social Security Disability advocates, meaning they deal ONLY in Social Security Law, but dang are they good!