I really recommend you start the process with Binder and Binder. They win like 95% of the time and only take money if they win for you and its from your back pay. Social Security has a limit on how much any lawyer can take and you should find that out.

I know you want to do it on your own but its a hard process and very few people get their benfits working on their own. It will be so much faster and easer for you if you have a lawyer.

I used Binder and Binder. They won my case for me in 6 months and took I believe something like 10 or 15% of my back pay or whatever it is social security allows. They made it really easy for me and set up everything I needed to do to make sure I got the benefits I needed.