Service Areas
Ty Groat offers Social Security disability help in the Concho Valley, TX and Abilene, with SSDI, SSI and appeals handled from his San Angelo office. Call (325) 659-2305.
Across the Region
West Texas disability claims often share a history of hard physical work. Ranch work, oil field jobs, plant shifts, wind turbine maintenance and trucking all wear on backs, knees, shoulders and lungs. Social Security asks if you can still do your recent jobs, or other work that fits your limits, age and schooling. A clear job history tied to your doctors' opinions answers that with facts.
Many claimants here worked for themselves. Ranchers and farmers earn SSDI work credits only for years when they reported net earnings and paid self-employment tax. A year of losses may leave a gap. For SSI, oil and gas royalties generally count as income.
Care is spread out too. One person's records may sit with a family doctor in town, a hospital in a larger city and an imaging center elsewhere. Social Security asks for records only from the providers you list.
The San Angelo office sits near the middle of the region. Abilene lies 89 miles northeast along US 277, Ballinger about 36 miles northeast, Sonora about 65 miles south and Junction about 98 miles southeast. Sweetwater sits about 40 miles west of Abilene on I-20.
Each lead town also covers its neighbors: San Angelo with Miles, Robert Lee and Sterling City; Sweetwater with Colorado City; Ballinger with Winters and Coleman; Brady with Menard, Eden and Junction; and Sonora with Ozona. Social Security disability help in the Concho Valley, TX reaches all of them from one office.
Distance does not change the rules. SSDI and SSI are federal programs, so the medical standard, the work credit rules and the 60 day appeal deadline are the same in every county. Social Security disability help in the Concho Valley, TX works the same in Tom Green County as in Kimble County. What distance changes is how the file comes together, and the office works around it.
Clients in the farther towns usually start with a phone call or an email. Ty Groat then meets with them at the San Angelo office at a time that fits their schedule, and updates move by phone, mail and email after that. The office requests records from every provider you name, checks the dates for gaps, and asks your doctors to put your limits in writing.
If a claim reaches a hearing, Social Security can hold it in person, by phone or by online video, and your notice explains the choices. Ty Groat prepares you for the judge's questions in whichever format is set.
Why Ty Groat
Ty Groat earned his bachelor's degree in Government and Mathematics at Angelo State University in San Angelo, then his law degree at St. Mary's University School of Law. He has been licensed to practice law in Texas since December 2009, opened his own firm in January 2018, and brings over a decade of experience to claims from across West Texas.
The Law Office of Ty Groat is locally owned and operated. Clients work directly with the attorney handling their claim, backed by a friendly staff who keep records, notices and deadlines in order. Communication is responsive and transparent, and payment arrangements are discussed at the first meeting. No lawyer can promise how Social Security will decide, and Ty Groat never does.
Ty GroatAttorney Very likely. The firm serves Abilene, San Angelo and towns across the Concho Valley and West Texas, including smaller places near each lead town. Social Security disability rules are federal, so the claim works the same way wherever you live. Call (325) 659-2305 to talk through where you are and how the office can work with you.
Start with every letter you have received from Social Security, especially any denial notice, since its date sets the appeal deadline. Add a list of every doctor, clinic, hospital and imaging center that has treated you, plus the jobs you held in recent years. Those three things let Ty Groat see quickly where your claim stands.
Social Security decides a claim on the records that reach the file. When care is spread across a local clinic, a hospital in a larger city and an imaging center elsewhere, one missing provider can make your health look better on paper than it is. The office requests records from every provider and checks that the dates line up.
Yes. Drivers from across the Concho Valley can bring their tickets to the San Angelo office. Ty Groat reviews the citation, the court named on it and your driving record, then explains options such as a driving safety course or deferred disposition. The answer date printed on the ticket matters most, so call before it passes.
Talk It Over
A claim from a small town deserves the same careful file as one from a city, and the deadline on a denial letter runs the same everywhere. Call the Law Office of Ty Groat at (325) 659-2305, Monday to Thursday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, or Friday, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM, or visit the office at 1002 S Koenigheim St Ste B, San Angelo, TX 76903.
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