Properly Presented Applications Granted More Often

Applications Properly Prepared Make A Difference in Getting Granted

Properly presented applications get granted more often than applications unsupported with substantial evidence. A properly prepared application for disability retirement will make a difference to get the benefit granted. Timing when to file the application is important to get the application granted. If there is delay in filing proving continuous disability with contemporaneous supporting medical evidence will be required. Retirement Systems have a myriad of reasons to deny applications. An application considered untimely will be cancelled or denied. It is important to get the application accepted by CalPERS or a County Retirement System / Association to have it processed. Otherwise, one must overcome hurdles that could have been avoided.

Retirement Systems Have Lawyers On Staff

Many do not realize that the retirement systems already have lawyers involved at the inception of the application. Knowing what to include in a properly presented application to get it granted is most important. Analysts and attorneys review the material and make recommendations to the Retirement Boards. At many retirement associations its lawyers are present when the members cases are presented to grant or deny. It is important that the member know their rights and the law if the need to argue the reason to grant the benefit arises.

Understanding the medical evidence and the legal errors doctors make in their reports is important. Many cases turn on whether doctors applied the correct legal standard. The retirement systems take particular interest in selecting its “independent doctors” to evaluate the applicants. There are doctors that we are familiar with that have routinely denied disability causing applicants to litigate their claims. Presenting the best evidence from the beginning and understanding pitfalls is important. Properly Presented applications are granted more often by retirement systems.

Our offices have many decades of experience in this area of the law. We know how to properly present applications to give the best effort in getting them granted. In fact, we have over 45 published court decisions in litigated disability retirement cases. Our office handles cases throughout California and have handled hundreds of public safety disability retirement cases as well as miscellaneous public workers cases. We offer free consultations with an experienced disability retirement attorney at Faunce, Singer & Oatman. https://public-pensions.com/attorneys/

Below are links to Various Retirement Systems

CalPERS

Los Angeles County LACERA

Orange County OCERS

San Bernardino County SBCERA

Ventura County VCERA