Sherry
I can tell you what I did to get my SSI payments. I got someone to represent me and not an attorney! They are disability advocates. They take a portion of the back money awarded to you as their payment and this is approved by the Social Security Office. It is well worth the small fee they receive to have benefit of their experience and representation. And, if the payments are not awarded to you - they do not receive any payment - you owe them nothing. E-mail me if you're interested at: Sassion@aol.com