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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Social Security On The Record Disability Decisions
How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits
An on the record disability decision is made by an administrative law judge, generally at the request of an individual’s social security representative, who may be a disability lawyer or a non-attorney representative.
On the record disability decisions must be fully favorable to the disability applicant. In other words, if the decision cannot be made in a fully favorable way (fully favorable means that the judge accepts the onset date alleged by the claimant at the time of filing a disability application), then the claimant is entitled to have their case considered at a social security hearing.
Note: “On the record” simply means the disability decision is being made on the evidence currently in the disability case file.
Disability claims that are straightforward have the best chance of receiving an on the record decision. A strong disability case must be documented with good quality medical evidence and a concise evaluation of the applicant’s functional limitations. To be considered a good candidate for an on the record decision a disability case must clearly show that the five step Social Security sequential evaluation process would produce a finding of disability.
Social Security administrative law judges are increasingly pressured to reduce their caseloads and on the record decisions are becoming more common. If fully favorable decisions can be made without a formal hearings it saves time and money for Social Security, while getting much needed monetary benefits to disabled beneficiaries sooner.
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Topics and Questions
What types of information is Social Security Disability looking for?
What are the SSI disability qualifications for Adults and Children?
Social Security Disability SSI and Degenerative Disc Disease
If you get Social Security disability benefits do you get Medicare or Medicaid?
Applying for disability benefits in Florida
What is a trial work period for social security disability or SSI ?
Proving a Social Security Disability Case Often Means Getting a Statement from Your Doctor
What is an extended period of eligibility for social security disability or SSI ?
Filing for Social Security disability- what to bring when you apply
COPD and Filing for Disability
Who Makes the Decision at the Social Security Disability, SSI Hearing Level?
Costochrondritis and Filing for Disability
The Medical Requirements for Receiving Social Security Disability or SSI
Does social security contact your former work employers when you file for disability?
How Long Do I Get To Keep My Social Security Disability or SSI Benefits?
Crohn's Disease and Filing for Disability
What Forms will I need to Complete when I apply for disability?
Will Social Security Follow The Opinion Of my Doctor And Approve My Disability Claim?
Cushing's Syndrome and Filing for Disability
Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in New York
Preparing for a Disability Hearing to Win Social Security or SSI Benefits
Do You Automatically Get Approved For Disability If You Have Had A Stroke?
Social Security Disability SSI Criteria and the Evaluation Process
Dire Need and Getting a Social Security Disability or SSI Case Speeded Up
Social Security Administration Mental Consultative Exam (CE)
How to File for SSI
Tips for Getting Disability Approved When you File with Social Security
The Qualifications for Disability Benefits and the Types of Evidence Social Security Looks at
Social Security Disability Back pay and How Long it Takes to Qualify for it
What If you intended an appeal of your Social Security Disability claim but missed the deadline?
Receiving a Social Security Disability Award Letter
Conditions that may qualify as a Disability
How does back pay for Social Security disability work ?
Mental Disability Benefits and What Social Security will Consider
If you receive a Social Security Disability Denial quickly does that mean the case is weak?
How severe must your condition be to be awarded Social Security disability?
How much does Social Security pay in disability benefits ?
Cystic Fibrosis and Filing for Disability
How long does a request for a disability hearing appeal take?
Getting a disability lawyer in Texas
Can you be approved for disability without having to go to a hearing ?
Getting a disability lawyer in Utah
How do Social Security Disability and SSI appeals work ?
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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