SSDRC
What is the Application Process for Social Security Disability and SSI?
How do you Win Benefits under Social Security Disability or SSI?
If I am determined disabled, how far back will Social Security pay benefits?
How do you prove your disability case if you have a mental condition?
What Can I Do to Improve My Chances of Winning Disability Benefits
Common Mistakes after Receiving a Denial of Social Security Disability or SSI Benefits
How to File for Disability - Tips for Filing
If You Get Approved For SSDI Will You Also Get Medicare?
How much does a Social Security disability attorney get paid?
Social Security Disability SSI Criteria and the Evaluation Process
How long does it take to be approved for SSI or Social Security disability?
What do you Need to Prove to Qualify for Disability Benefits?
Social Security Disability SSI and Fibromyalgia
Social Security Disability SSI and Degenerative Disc Disease
Can I Qualify For Disability and Receive Benefits based on Depression?
Answers to questions about SSD and SSI disability
What Disabilities Qualify for SSI and Social Security Disability Benefits?
Social Security Disability Status
Social Security Disability Tips — how a claim gets worked on
Social Security Disability, SSI Disability - Terms, Definitions, Concepts
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Has my Disability Claim Been Approved?
How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits
This question comes up now and then. And it is a valid one since there are many instances in which the social security administration will send out a notice of disapproved claim (a denial notice) which a claimant will never receive. And when that happens there is every danger of not being able to file a disability appeal in a timely manne because how can a person appeal when they don't even know they've been denied? It stands to reason that there are times when a claimant has been notified of an approval for a disability claim but have not received the notice.
On initial claims (an initial claim is a disability application) and on reconsiderations, where the decision has been made by a disability examiner, a claimant will receive formal notification from the social security administration. On a case that has been approved by a judge at a disability hearing, a claimant will receive a separate notice of decision, followed by a notice of award.
Fortunately, as opposed to a situation involving a denial of a claim, if your case is approved but you did not receive notification, you will eventually learn of the approval when a check from the social security administration (for back pay or a monthly benefit) has been deposited in the bank account you designated. Additionally, if you were represented by a disability attorney, the attorney will usually contact you as soon as they receive a copy of the notification of approval.
If your case has been pending for quite some time and you have not heard anything, you should contact your disability representative, assuming you have one, and ask them to do a followup for a status update on your case.
For cases that are being decided at the first two levels, this means that your representative will likely make a call to the disability determination services agency in your state.
If the case is pending at the hearing level (meaning that it is waiting to be scheduled for a social security disability hearing, or a hearing has been held and you are waiting on a decision from the ALJ, or administrative law judge), then your representative's office will contact the hearing office.
If you are not represented by a disability lawyer, you can make these same calls yourself to ascertain the status of your case. The number for DDS and the number for the hearing office can be obtained from the social security office where you filed your claim.
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Topics and Questions
Social Security Administration Disability Benefits From SSD and SSI
Eligibility for Disability Benefits as Viewed by Social Security
How Many Disability Hearings are Won?
Filing for SSD Disability - When Should You put in a Claim?
Will Coronary Artery Heart Disease qualify you for disability?
If my disability claim is denied do I have to file an appeal to win back pay and monthly benefits?
How do I see a judge for my social security disability case or SSI Claim?
How to Appeal a disability claim denial from Social Security
Applying for disability benefits in Virginia
Who Makes the Decision at the Social Security Disability, SSI Hearing Level?
What makes you eligible for Social Security Disability or SSI?
What Happens When You File A Second SSA Disability Claim?
Social Security Disability Advice from the Wrong Sources
Social Security Disability Lawyers - Fees and Representation Information
Is there a time limit for how long you can collect Social Security Disability or SSI benefits?
How to apply for social security disability benefits for children
What are Medical Experts at Social Security disability hearings?
Who is The Doctor for a Social Security Disability Claim or SSI Case?
Who handles my case if I apply for Social Security disability ?
Social Security Administration Disability Benefits From SSD and SSI
Disability Lawyer Success Rate - Do Lawyers Improve The Chances of Winning?
How to win Social Security Disability benefits
How long does it take to be approved for SSI disability ?
When a person that has been receiving SSD monthly payments dies, how is the last payment made?
Steps for Filing A Disability Claim Under SSI or SSD
What makes you disabled for SSD, Social Security Disability Benefits, OR SSI?
What is the Process to be Approved for SSD or SSI Disability Benefits?
Will Being A Veteran Affect Your Eligibility And Chances For Social Security Disability?
How are medical records and work history used to determine a social security disability claim?
The Levels Of The Social Security Disability and SSI Application and Appeal Process
Will I Qualify For SSI, How Do I Get Approved?
Marfan Syndrome and Filing for Disability
What is the process for approving a Social Security disability claim ?
How Disabled Must You be to get Social Security Disability Approved?
Medullablastoma and Filing for Disability
If I get disability will my children receive benefits ?
Getting Your Social Security Disability or SSI Claim Status
What Are The Reasons For Social Security Disability Cases Being Denied?
Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in California
Social Security Disability SSI and Activities of Daily Living
Social Security On The Record Disability Decisions
Should I have to go to court or get a Lawyer to get approved for Social Security disability or SSI?
SSD and SSI are Federal Programs
The title II Social Security Disability and title 16 SSI Disability programs operate under federal guidelines and, therefore, the program requirements--medical and non-medical--apply to all states:
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Recent approval and denial statistics for various states can be viewed here:
Social Security Disability, SSI Approval and Denial Statistics by state
Special Section: Disability Lawyers and unnecessary claim denials
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