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Precision Case Lens
Built by a Social Security Vocational Expert

Judges deny on what is missing from the file — and on inconsistencies.

Most tools tell you what is in the record. What follows is one case, watched from first upload to the hearing memorandum, as PCL identifies what is missing and starts curing it — before the hearing, while there is still time to fix it. We bridge the hypotheticals based on the record for you.
58%→47%
Self-report share of the evidence
corroborated, not just summarized
2.6→3.8
Average domain score, of 5
up 1.2 points
7→0
Critical deficiencies
resolved before hearing
42%→76%
Case readiness
up 34 points
Intake ReportCase Development 1
Cure Process ReportCase Development 2
Case AnalysisCase Development Final
Essential BlueprintMaps the file
Premium BlueprintArgues the case
One synthetic claimant, Reyes, Maria Elena, one file, seven reports — from the day it lands to the day it is argued at hearing. Open the tabs above in order and watch a thin file become a hearing-ready record.

How this moves your win rate

PCL does not predict or promise outcomes. It changes what is in the file before the judge reads it. A contradiction resolved before the hearing is a consistency finding you never have to defend. A treating-source statement requested on Day 7 instead of Day 60 is an opinion that arrives in time to be persuasive. Your own hearing win rate, applied to files that are developed instead of thin, is the mechanism.

Built by
A Social Security Vocational Expert. The person who wrote the analysis is the kind of witness the judge turns to at Step 5.
Who it is for
Solo SSA attorneys, non-attorney representatives (EDPNA and appointed representatives), and small firms.
What it is not
Not a case management system, not a mailbox, not legal advice. PCL flags, identifies, surfaces and queues for the representative. The representative decides.
Pricing
Not shown in this set. Ask for the current rate sheet.
Synthetic case. Maria Elena Reyes is a fictional claimant. Every provider, exhibit, date, score and finding in this set is invented for demonstration. No real claimant data appears anywhere in these documents.

What each report does, in one line

ReportWhen it runsWhat the representative getsWhat changes in the file
Intake Report
Case Development 1
Day 0Every page read. Exhibit index, chronology, 19-domain functional scores, evidence source split (self-report vs clinical finding), consistency flags, listing screen, what is missing.You know exactly where the file is thin, before the judge does.
Reconsideration
after an initial denial
When the denial notice arrivesThe file and the denial rationale read together. Up to 25 questions of the record and the denial, each answered with exhibit and page citations, before Draft 1 is written. Includes the Intake Report on the same records: medical summary, gap list, 19-domain scores.The case leaves the appeal already developed; the next step is the Cure Plan, not another intake read.
Cure Process Report
Case Development 2
Run when readyA targeted second client interview, question by question, each tied to the deficiency it cures. Parallel treating-source requests with the right MSS template.The only step in this market that generates evidence instead of summarizing it.
Case Analysis
Case Development Final
After the cure interview and new records land, and again 30–60 days before hearingRe-scores the case after the interview and new records land: flags resolved, RFC caps lifted, listing paths updated, delta narrative. Then final scores, physical and mental RFC drafts in SSR 96-8p language, off-task analysis, grid framework, vulnerabilities and an action queue. Re-run when late records arrive.Self-report-only domains become corroborated domains, and the record is complete, consistent, and ready to argue.
Essential BlueprintHearing stageMaps the file: chronology, which listing and which path, which grid rule, what RFC the evidence supports, opinion supportability and consistency, a 5-step issue outline with citations, adverse-evidence flags.Tells you what your file supports.
Pro+ BlueprintHearing stageEverything in the Essential Blueprint, argued: listing brief, full RFC narrative, Step 5 erosion, cross-examination bank, adversarial review, onset analysis.Writes the argument.
Premium BlueprintHearing stageEverything in Pro+, plus the filing-grade Pre-Hearing Memorandum draft, full closed-period analysis, strategy session, and the deepest adversarial pass.Partner-grade work product, from a developed record.

The one idea behind the ladder

Most tools summarize the file

A chronology tells you what the records say. It cannot tell you what the records should say and do not. Judges deny on what is missing: the vague frequency, the self-report nobody corroborated, the treatment gap nobody explained, the contradiction between the function report and an ER triage note.

PCL develops the file

Case Development identifies those gaps at intake, writes the interview questions and source letters that close them, and re-scores until the record is corroborated. The hearing-stage reports then argue from a stronger record than the one that arrived.

Why the ladder works

PCL does not predict or promise outcomes. It changes what is in the file before the judge reads it. A contradiction resolved before the hearing is a consistency finding you never have to defend. A treating-source statement requested at Day 7 instead of Day 60 is an opinion that arrives in time to be persuasive. Your own hearing win rate, applied to files that are developed instead of thin, is the mechanism.

Walk-through in 60 seconds

  1. Intake Report. "Upload the file and PCL reads every page. Here are the fourteen things a judge would notice."
  2. Cure Process Report. "Here is the interview that fixes them, and the letters to the doctors. Nobody else sells this step."
  3. Case Analysis. "Interview done, records in. Twelve of fourteen flags are gone. Then the hearing notice arrives: final RFC drafts, off-task math, grid rule, what to prepare for."
  4. Essential Blueprint or Premium Blueprint. "Now argue it. The Essential Blueprint maps the file; the Premium Blueprint writes the memorandum."
Vocational analysis — case preparation only. Grid rules, transferable-skills questions, occupational-base erosion and cross-examination material are prepared from the written record. Vocational-expert testimony at hearing turns on the hypothetical as actually posed, the expert's own sources and methodology, and context the file does not carry. Nothing here predicts what a vocational expert will say or how an adjudicator will rule. All vocational conclusions require evaluation by a vocational expert and the representative of record. · PCL output for attorney review. Not legal advice. All conclusions require evaluation by a licensed attorney or accredited representative. · Sample set on a synthetic case; no real claimant data. · Precision Case Lens

The math

Planning assumptions, not measured results. Rates are national ranges; hours are what a developed file typically takes a firm without PCL. Where PCL's effect is a range, both ends are shown.

Rates

RoleTypical rangeAverage used
Staff$19–31/hr$25/hr
Paralegal$23–55/hr$39/hr
Attorney (imputed)$150–300/hr$225/hr

Average used is the midpoint of each range. Attorney rate is imputed opportunity cost. Most disability work is contingency, so every hour on this case is an hour not on the next one.

Hours per case, without PCL

PagesStaffParalegalAttorneyTotal
1,0006 hrs4.5 hrs3 hrs13.5 hrs
1,5009 hrs7 hrs4 hrs20 hrs
3,00016 hrs13 hrs6.5 hrs35.5 hrs

Labor cost per case, without PCL

PagesStaffParalegalAttorneyTotal
1,000$150$176$675$1,001
1,500$225$273$900$1,398
3,000$400$507$1,463$2,370

With PCL (staff −80%, paralegal −60–70%, attorney −25–30%)

PagesStaffParalegalAttorneyTotalSavings
1,000$30$53–$70$473–$506$556–$606$395–$445/case
1,500$45$82–$109$630–$675$757–$829$569–$641/case
3,000$80$152–$203$1,024–$1,097$1,256–$1,380$990–$1,114/case
Planning assumptions. Hours, rates and reductions are modelled from representative workflows, not measured on any firm. Nothing here predicts or promises the outcome of any claim. · PCL output for attorney review. Not legal advice. All conclusions require evaluation by a licensed attorney or accredited representative. · Precision Case Lens

What the time is worth

Case economics

MetricNumber
Average fee per SSA fee payment to representativesAbout $3,100. SSA Title II direct fee payments, 2018–2022: 1,736,250 payments totaling $5.36 billion, under the $6,000 fee-agreement cap in effect for nearly all of that period (SSA representative fee statistics; SSA OIG report 062318). One case can produce more than one payment. The cap is now $9,200.
Cases per attorney per year~60–80

Labor recovered, 30 cases a month

Mixed file sizes, averaging 1,500 pages: $569–$641/case × 30 = $17,070–$19,230/month.
$204,840–$230,760/year in recovered labor.

More cases, same team

At 30 cases a month, PCL frees about 216 staff hours and 126–147 paralegal hours a month. Attorney time shrinks least (25–30%), so it sets the limit: the same attorney hours cover 40–42 cases a month instead of 30.
Room for 10–12 more cases a month, 120–144 a year.

Built for the borderline case

Clear wins and clear losses seldom turn on preparation. Borderline cases do. They are decided by what the file is missing: the vague frequency, the self-report nobody corroborated, the treatment gap nobody explained. PCL flags those gaps early and queues the fixes for the representative, so a borderline file reaches the judge developed instead of thin.

If two more borderline hearings a month go your way

2 × $3,100 average fee = $6,200/month. $74,400/year.
An illustration, not a promise. PCL changes what is in the file before the judge reads it; the result is yours to argue.

Combined annual illustration, 30-case firm

SourceAnnual value
Labor savings$204,840–$230,760
If two more borderline hearings a month go the client's way$74,400
Total$279,240–$305,160
Planning assumptions. Hours, rates and reductions are modelled from representative workflows, not measured on any firm. Capacity assumes hours saved on record work go to new files; intake, client contact and hearing time are not modelled. Nothing here predicts or promises the outcome of any claim. · PCL output for attorney review. Not legal advice. All conclusions require evaluation by a licensed attorney or accredited representative. · Precision Case Lens