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How long will it usually take to get a decision on a disability claim ?An initial disability determination for SSI benefits or Social Security Disability benefits usually takes anywhere from 30 to 120 days to receive a medical determination. However, this is only an average. A decision on a disability application can be received in a matter of a couple weeks, or it can take as long as half a year (or longer), depending on the case. Cases that take this long, of course, tend to be problem cases that involve difficulty in obtaining records. If you are denied on a disability application and file a reconsideration appeal, your claim will be sent back to the disability agency for another decision. Again, it is impossible to tell exactly how long this may take. However, as a general rule of thumb, most reconsiderations usually take a shorter amount of time, mainly because much of the work has already been done at the disability application stage. How long a decision may take becomes more problematic, though, when a claim gets to the disability hearing level. At the hearing level (and it can take well over a year to get to a hearing), you may be waiting for a decision from a judge for twelve months or more. For more information on: Social Security Disability and SSI Disability.
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