Tom Green County
The Law Office of Ty Groat works on SSDI, SSI and denied disability claims from its office at 1002 S Koenigheim St in San Angelo. Call (325) 659-2305 to talk through your claim.
Your Hometown Office
Ty Groat earned his bachelor's degree in Government and Mathematics at Angelo State University, in the same city where his office sits today. He has been licensed in Texas since December 2009 and opened the Law Office of Ty Groat in January 2018. As a disability lawyer in San Angelo, TX, he brings over a decade of experience to claims filed by people who live and work in the Concho Valley.
The firm is locally owned and operated. You call a local number and talk with a friendly staff. When you ask where your claim stands, you get a straight answer, and that matters when a claim can take months.
The office is at 1002 S Koenigheim St Ste B, San Angelo, TX 76903. Hours are Monday to Thursday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, and Friday, 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM.
San Angelo Office 1002 S Koenigheim St Ste BSan Angelo is the county seat of Tom Green County, and the firm's disability work covers every stage of a claim, from the first application to a hearing. A Social Security lawyer in San Angelo can help you choose the right program, gather proof of your limitations and meet each deadline.
If a letter from Social Security has you unsure what to do next, call (325) 659-2305 before the deadline on it passes. The full list of services is on the practice areas overview.
Social Security in San Angelo, TX runs through the field office at 40 W Twohig, in the Spur Building. That is where many local applications are taken and where notices about your file come from. The medical call is made by a state office, Texas Disability Determination Services. Its staff read your records and report to Social Security.
A first application with thin medical proof is easy for Social Security to deny, even when the person truly cannot work. Ty Groat helps you build the file before it goes in: complete treatment records, a clear work history, and statements from your doctors about what you can and cannot do day to day.
If the claim is denied, you have 60 days from the notice to appeal. Missing that window usually means starting over, which is why it pays to call a disability lawyer in San Angelo, TX as soon as the letter arrives.
Shannon Medical Center employs over 3,000 people in San Angelo and treats patients from across west central Texas, so many local claims rest on its records. Social Security needs more than a diagnosis. It needs proof of how your condition limits standing, lifting, sitting, focusing and keeping a schedule.
The firm asks for your records and reads them for gaps. It also asks your doctors to write down your limits in terms a judge can use. At a hearing, a job witness may say there is work you could still do. Ty Groat is ready with questions about the limits your doctors have written down.
That work matters in a city where plenty of jobs are physical, and it is a large part of what a disability lawyer in San Angelo, TX does day to day. Oilfield service companies, steel fabricators such as Conner Steel and Hirschfield Steel, and the livestock auction at Producer's all ask a lot of the body, and a claim has to show why that work is no longer possible.
Nearby Towns
The office also helps people in the small towns around San Angelo, such as Miles in Runnels County and Robert Lee, the seat of Coke County on the upper Colorado River. Sterling City, the seat of Sterling County, sits on US 87, the same highway that runs through San Angelo.
If you need a disability attorney in Miles, TX, Robert Lee or a disability lawyer in Sterling City, the process is the same as for a San Angelo client. Your claim is filed with Social Security, and your records come from the clinics where you are treated. The office keeps you updated by phone, mail and email at tygroatlaw@gmail.com.
A record of years of physical work, set beside the medical evidence, helps show Social Security why a return to that kind of job is not realistic. A disability lawyer in San Angelo, TX can make sure that record is complete before anyone reviews it.
The firm handles more than disability claims. Drivers who get a citation in town or along US 87 can talk with a traffic ticket lawyer in San Angelo about the options before they pay the fine, since a conviction can follow a driving record.
The firm also helps with Social Security retirement benefits, such as when to start them and how they fit with a disability claim. Parents can get help with children's benefits through SSI. People who are already approved can learn how much they may earn while on benefits.
Each of these questions gets the same local, transparent help. You can reach the office at (325) 659-2305 during business hours.
No. You can apply for SSDI or SSI online, by phone or in person at the San Angelo field office at 40 W Twohig. Many people choose to apply with a lawyer's help so the medical history and work history are complete from the start. The Law Office of Ty Groat can help you prepare either way.
Possibly. SSDI does not depend on how you were hurt, only on whether your condition keeps you from substantial work for at least a year and whether you paid enough into Social Security. Oil field workers often have strong work histories, so the key question is usually the medical proof of what you can no longer do.
Yes. Clients in Coke County and Sterling County have the same Social Security rights as anyone in Tom Green County. Your records come from the doctors you already see, and the office stays in touch by phone, mail and email, so living outside San Angelo does not change how the claim is built.
Not always. Hospital records show diagnoses and treatment, but Social Security also weighs how your condition limits daily work tasks. A strong claim usually pairs those records with statements from your treating doctors about lifting, standing, concentration and missed days. Ty Groat helps gather both so the file answers what a judge will ask.
Talk With Ty Groat
You do not have to sort through Social Security forms and denial letters alone. Ty Groat studied in San Angelo, practices here, and keeps you informed at each step of your SSDI, SSI or appeal. Call during office hours to talk through where your claim stands, or see the other service areas the firm covers across West Texas.
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