Think twice
I hired them to represent my disability case in April of this year. I was told by Parmele that I could earn no more than $1550 gross per month in order to be eligible. I was working 22 hours per week and my gross income was under the maximum amount of $1550 per month. Parmele filed my disability claim on April 18th, 2024 and after waiting for three months, I was notified by Social Security that my application had been denied. I called Parmele and told them that it had been denied and was told that they'd let someone on their team know and that as soon as I received my denial letter in the mail to call them back, as it had pertinent information on it that they needed to file the appeal. Well, Parmele called me a couple of days later and said that I had gone over the maximum amount I could earn monthly and that is why my claim had been denied. I told them that was not true and how many hours I had been working and that it fell under the $1,550 per month. Parmele then said that in the state of Kansas, you are only allowed to work 20 hours per week when filing a disability claim, even if more hours still fall under the maximum amount. No one ever told me this at any point from the time I contacted Parmele in April. In fact, I never had one phone call or any kind of communication from Parmele from the time they filed my claim in April until I called them after the denial. All I was ever told was that I had to keep my gross income under $1550 per month. I even have the paperwork that I signed and it says nothing about 20 hours per week; only that I cannot go over $1550 per month, gross. I then asked what I was supposed to do and was told I would have to start over, only working 20 hours per week and provide paystubs to Social Security and that basically the last three months had been a waste of time. Think twice before hiring them. Horrible communication and apparently they don't know all the legalities of disability claims.