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Who will decide my Social Security disability claim ?If your social security disability claim or SSI claim is at the initial claim or reconsideration appeal level, your claim will be decided by a team of professionals, including physicians, at the state disability determination agency that makes decisions for the social security administration. This agency is referred to in most states as DDS, or disability determination services. This team includes a unit medical consultant and a pyschological consultant and both these individuals provide feedback for the disability examiner who has been assigned to work on your case. However, it is the disability examiner who actually renders the decision and who will decide to approve or deny a disability case. If your SSI or Social Security disability claim has been appealed to the disability hearing level, an administrative law judge will make the decision on your case and decide if it is to be approved or denied. In either case, a disability examiner or a disability judge will make the decision on your case in the same manner. That is, they will review your medical evidence and decide the outcome in the context of the rules used by the social security administration to award disability benefits. For more information on: Social Security Disability and SSI Disability.
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