Should you get your Congressperson involved on your Social Security disability case?

Dirk May’s Social Security Blog has an interesting post on whether to get your Congresscritter involved when you want to speed up your Social Security disability or SSI claim.
… judges, office managers and case reviewers often get defensive if they think someone is looking over their shoulder pushing a case. …  multiple calls from the congressperson’s office probably do not help your case. I have seen Judge’s take a hard line on certain cases, and I am left wondering if this is because a congressional office pushed too hard.”
I consider Congressional involvement as the “nuclear option” in Social Security cases. You have to have exceptional grounds to …

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