3 Nov, 2025
by Nikhil Pai
Why Appeals Take So Much Time
If you’ve ever prepared an SSD appeal, you know how much effort goes into it.
Between reviewing ALJ decisions, summarizing legal errors, and drafting briefs, it’s one of the most time-consuming parts of the job. For many firms, the process looks like this:
Download the ALJ decision from ERE
Spend hours reviewing each finding against regulations
Analyze for procedural errors and regulatory violations
Identify the strongest appealable issues
Draft a comprehensive Appeals Council brief with proper citations
That’s typically five to six hours of focused work per case. Multiply that across a full caseload, and the hours add up fast.
A New Way Forward: Chronicle & LexMed
That’s where Chronicle’s new partnership with LexMed.ai comes in.
Chronicle already helps SSD firms stay ahead of deadlines, manage ERE alerts, and keep case files organized. Now, with the new LexMed integration, you can take the next step, automating the creation of hearing briefs, medical summaries, and audit reports.
LexMed.ai uses AI trained on legal and medical data to analyze your ALJ decisions. It finds key details, identifies inconsistencies, and builds a structured, ready-to-file brief that meets SSA requirements.
The result is appeal-ready briefs in hours instead of days.
“This partnership brings real automation to one of the toughest parts of disability law—building accurate, persuasive appeals that used to take hours, now done in minutes.”
- Nikhil Pai, Founder of Chronicle
"Chronicle gets what we’ve known from day one: attorneys don’t need more software—they need tools that actually understand disability law. We’re building AI that thinks like a disability attorney because we are disability attorneys. Partnering with Chronicle means we can deliver that intelligence right where attorneys are already working, without disrupting their workflow."
- Nick Coleman, Founder of LexMed
How the Chronicle <> LexMed Integration Works
Open a case in Chronicle.
Choose any matter tagged as Denied.Click the AC Brief tab.
This will be where all available ALJ decisions d show up.“Click Request Brief.”
Chronicle securely uploads the ALJ decision for processing with LexMed’s zero retention servers.AI does the heavy lifting.
LexMed reviews your ALJ Decision, highlighting important legal and regulatory details that many attorneys miss.Get your brief back in minutes.
A polished, ready-to-edit brief appears automatically in your Chronicle case file without the need to do any uploads, send any emails or juggle any files.
You’ll get your brief in 5-10 minutes time, saving you 4-6 hours.
All for just $100 a case.
What You’ll Receive from LexMed
Every LexMed deliverable is built to strengthen your appeal work from start to finish.
ALJ Decision Audits
Review ALJ decisions for accuracy.
Highlight inconsistencies in judicial reasoning.
Identify procedural or evidentiary issues for appeal.
Flag misapplications of SSA regulations and case law across 300+ common errors
Analyze RFC assessments for internal inconsistencies
Verify proper application of the 5-step sequential evaluation
Appeals Council Brief
Fully cited, briefs ready to file with the Appeals Council.
Delivered in both Word and PDF formats.
Saved automatically in your Chronicle case file.
How to Try It
Getting started is simple:
Log in to your Chronicle account.
Open a case that’s ready for appeal.
Click the AC Brief tab
Click Request LexMed Brief.
Receive your completed brief within minutes
Pricing is straightforward: $100 per case.
To celebrate this launch, we’re offering existing Chronicle customers a $100 credit to try LexMed’s briefs for themselves as long as they click the Request Brief button on a case by Dec 1st.
Try LexMed Briefs in Chronicle
What This Means for SSD Firms
This partnership isn’t just a new feature; it’s a step toward the modern SSD practice.
By automating one of the most time-consuming parts of appeal work, firms can focus on what really matters: advocating for clients.
This integration builds on Chronicle’s expanding ecosystem of tools built specifically for Social Security Disability firms. Alongside existing integrations such as DodoDetect for AI-powered medical chronologies, Zapier for custom automations, and direct CMS connections with Filevine, Clio, Dibase, and MyCase, Chronicle is steadily defining what modern SSD technology looks like: automated, connected, and built for real efficiency.
By helping firms automate workflows, eliminate inefficiencies, and stay focused on client advocacy, Chronicle continues to lead the way in modern SSD firm technology.
If you have never tried Chronicle before, there is no better time to try us out than today with the release of the LexMed integration.
