Sam Miller

Review of Allsup

Well I had filed my claim myself at the SSA office...

Well I had filed my claim myself at the SSA office at the beginning right after my stroke. Then I contacted AllSup after hearing they were good.
I had trouble since I filed myself getting it to show up with SSA as being connected to AllSup and one of their cases. So I had to do all the work myself for the first year at least sending documentation to SSA and receiving letters from them saying we have not received requested documentation from this doc and that. I had to do everything myself while I was still fresh off of a stroke. No help from anybody. They are just a call center and have done nothing for me really. I should have gone to a lawyer I would have gotten more personal attention and probably would have my disability by now instead of waiting for my second appeal coming up in front of a judge two years later.
I do feel better now after just having talked to my case manager there. She is going to call me and prep me a week before the hearing.
I would recommend getting a lawyer instead of AllSup. You don't pay either way. They both just get 25% of the back pay if you are awarded SSDI.