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Will I be approved for disability on my appeal ?It is hard to say whether a Social Security disability applicant will be approved for disability benefits on appeal. If you are filing a reconsideration appeal, it is unlikely you will win your appeal. It has been estimated that only 10 or 15 percent of initial claim denials are overturned at the reconsideration level (this, of course, varies by state, but tends to hold true in most states--in fact, the reconsideration denial rates are even higher in some states). For most disability applicants, their best chance for a disability approval will be at the administrative law judge hearing. This appeal is made after a claimant has been denied for disability on a disability application, and then again on a request for reconsideration. Why is it that reconsideration appeals are so heavily denied? Reconsiderations are sent back to the same state disability agency for a decision, therefore the same rules are applied to your claim. As you might guess, the disability decision is usually the same as the initial claim decision. An administrative law judge, on the other hand, has more flexibility when making the decision for your disability claim, which results in more disability approvals for disability applicants at the hearing level. For more information on: Social Security Disability and SSI Disability.
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