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


When do you receive a Hearing for Disability?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
You receive a hearing before an Administrative Law judge sometime after the following has occurred: A) you have been denied on a request for reconsideration appeal and B) you have requested the hearing itself.

Making the request is fairly simple, particularly if you have representation since your representative will handle all the paperwork. Waiting for the hearing to be scheduled is another matter since it can take many months to get a hearing date established.

When you go to your hearing, should you have representation? This is a question that only you can decide, however statistically about sixty percent of the hearings with representation win, where as only about forty percent of the hearing without representation win.

Although the Social Security Administrative Law judge hearing is fairly informal, it is nonetheless based on several things that make attending a hearing without representation somewhat dicey.

One of those things, of course, is knowing what to look for in the medical records for a particular case. Secondly, knowing how to read the case file and prior denials on the case is important as well. But, in addition to these things, representatives will be familiar with concepts such as unsuccessful work attempts, the date last insured, what constitutes SGA (substantial gainful activity), and how to present a theory of the case for the judge who is making the decision.














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Individual Questions and Answers


  • Winning at a Social Security Disability Hearing

  • The Social Security Denial Letter

  • Social Security Disability Hearing with a Judge

  • To Apply for Disability with Depression

  • Do I Have A Good Chance Of Winning Social Security Disability On Appeal?

  • What happens if my Social Security Disability Application is denied?

  • Social Security Disability Denial, Does It Matter If I Get Denied On Reconsideration?

  • Applying for disability benefits in New York

  • Are Social Security Disability Benefits Taxable?

  • Waiting for a Hearing to be Scheduled before an ALJ, Administrative Law Judge

  • Advice to Win Social Security Disability and SSI Benefit Claims

  • How to Prepare For a Social Security Disability Hearing

  • Social Security Medical Exam - the purpose

  • How Do You Qualify For Disability If You Don’t Have Money To Go To the Doctor?

  • Who Makes The Social Security Disability Decision, A Judge Or A Caseworker?

  • How to Appeal a disability claim denial from Social Security

  • The Continuing Disability Review for SSD and SSI claims

  • How long does it take to be approved for SSI or Social Security disability ?

  • Is there a Maximum I can Work and Make if I am on SSD or SSI Disability Benefits?

  • Social Security Disability SSI - Retroactive Benefits Vs Back Pay Benefits

  • How many Social Security disability cases are approved for back pain?

  • If you have had a heart attack will you qualify for Social Security disability?

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in Tennessee

  • ADHD, Social Security Disability, and Applying for Benefits

  • What happens if you get denied for social security disability three times?

  • Will The Condition You have Determine How Much You Get For Disability?
























    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