Before applying, carefully assess whether or not your condition qualifies you for Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability assistance. Experienced counsel’s guidance could save the time of filing a claim by assessing with an expert eye the likelihood that you could qualify for disability. You need to have enough CPP contribution and the disability should be severe and prolonged to qualify for CPP disability benefits.

It can be quite technical and stressful enough. Retaining a qualified lawyer to prepare and present your case can be beneficial. Appropriate counsel could make difference at initial application stage as well as at appeal stage between receiving valuable CPP benefits and a denial leaving you without income. Even if your claim is denied at the first stage, you still have the option of asking for the reconsideration of the decision. If reconsideration application is denied you can file the appeal before Social Security Tribunal. The lawyers dealing with disability appeals know how to establish your claim medically and legally in terms of the provisions of the Canada Pension Plan legislation.