Angelina Valle

I gradually became disabled as a result of various long-term side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer, complicated by hearing loss, heart failure and obesity-related illnesses. My primary affliction is RARE - an atypical form of radiation-induced vertigo. I thought that since ...it had been difficult for both my doctors and for me to understand what had happened to me, that it would be equally difficult for the Social Security Administration not only to understand, but to adjudge me as disabled and eligible for benefits. I was so fortunate to happen upon Angelina Valle. She, and her entire staff, are remarkably efficient, understanding, and effective. As this review shows, I have a tendency to ramble and to give too much irrelevant information; the Valle team kept me focused, did not allow me to waste time, mine or theirs, simplified the process remarkably well. They also accommodated my difficulties with transportation, as I am unable to drive, and so I missed appointments and deadlines, but they kept the train on the tracks - the express track. My initial application for disability was turned down, as most are - but the total time elapsed between initial application and first rejection was less than five months. I was advised at that time that there was an approximately two-year-long backlog of appeals, and that I should not expect much to happen until mine was scheduled. In the meantime, I received excellent, to-the-point guidance on what supplemental medical information could be appended to the appeal. To my surprise, I did not have to wait for an appeal to be scheduled; based on Ms. Valle's presentation of the supplemental materials, and after brief phone interviews by two SSA personnel, my application was approved less than two months after the supplemental medical information was presented. From my initial application to final approval, it took just over fourteen months. Of that period, to be unflinchingly honest, I myself was likely responsible for at least seven or eight months; SSA almost all the rest. Including transportation time, I probably spent a total of less than 24 hours with Ms. Valle and her staff. I have no idea how much staff and lawyer's time was expended in aiding my application; all I can say is I hope my case was profitable for Ms. Valle and her team, because to me it was worth every penny of the modest fee. I would not hesitate to recommend her services to anyone else with Social Security-related issues; she is a maestra in her field. I am very grateful to Angelina Valle; her efforts have afforded me a degree of comfort and security that I thought impossible.