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


How many Social Security Disability appeals do you get ?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
The social security disability claims process has three levels of appeal. If your disability claim has been denied at the initial level, also known as the application level, you may appeal your claim.

The first appeal level is known as reconsideration, or, more accurately, a request for reconsideration. Reconsiderations are sent back to the state disability-processing agency for another review of the initial decision. However very few initial disability decisions are overturned at the reconsiderations level, so, typically, you will have to appeal to the second level of appeal.

The second level in the social security disability and SSI appeal process is a hearing before an administrative law judge. When you request this appeal, you are formally completing a "request for hearing before an administrative law judge".

There are other levels of appeal, which include the Appeals Council Review, and Federal Court appeal. Most disability applicants rarely appeal beyond the administrative law judge hearing, though, and if you received a disability denial at a hearing conducted by a judge, you may wish to file a new initial claim for SSD or SSI. That is, unless your disability attorney feels it would be more practical to send an appeal to the appeals council (the appeals council reviews the decisions that are made by disability judges).














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Individual Questions and Answers


  • Winning Social Security Disability Benefits For Mental Disorders

  • Will I be approved for disability on my appeal ?

  • When Are You Allowed To Ask For A Social Security Disability Hearing?

  • How do Social Security Disability and SSI appeals work ?

  • The SSD, Social Security Disability Date of Application

  • If You File For Social Security Disability How Far Back Will They Look At Your Medical Records?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Pennsylvania

  • Can I get Retroactive SSI Disability Benefits?

  • How Long Does Your Attorney Have To File Your Social Security Disability Appeal?

  • How do you appeal your denial for disability?

  • Will you be notified if you receive an Approval for Social Security Disability or SSI

  • The Social Security Disability Medical Review

  • How many Social Security Disability appeals do you get ?

  • The Social Security Disability Decision and Your Ability to Work

  • Being Determined Medically Disabled for Social Security Disability

  • Mental Disability Benefits and What Social Security will Consider

  • Why are Disability Cases Involving Children More Likely to be Denied?

  • After a Social Security Disability or SSI Claim has been taken and is Pending

  • Is Bipolar Disorder a disability according to Social Security?

  • Am I Eligible For Social Security Disability?

  • Social Security Disability Denied — The Reasons Why

  • Applying for disability benefits in South Carolina

  • Medical Records for Social Security Disability and SSI Cases

  • Glaucoma, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in Louisiana

  • Social Security Disability Medical Evaluation Form, Can A Doctor Be Forced to Complete One?

  • How Does Social Security Decide If You Are Disabled Or Not?
























    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