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


What if you Move out of State after you apply for Social Security Disability or SSI?


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
This question comes up every now and then. You can move after you've started an application for disability, usually with no negative effects. As with most situations involving changes in your contact information (or work activity), you'll want to notify social security as soon as possible.

If the case is at the disability application or reconsideration appeal level and is being evaluated by DDS (disability determination services) or whatever the equivalent is in that particular state, then it simply means contacting the social security office in your new state (and locality since you'll want to contact the office nearest to where you'll be living) and letting them know that you've moved.

If your case is at the hearing level and the hearing hasn't been scheduled yet, you'll want to do the same thing since it will mean that the jurisdiction for the case will have changed. Some individuals who move right before the hearing takes place will be told by the ALJ (administrative law judge), after they've shown up at the hearing, that the case cannot be heard for that very reason: jurisdiction.

The result? It means that the case would have to be transferred to the hearing office that does have jurisdiction. This could mean a much longer wait for a hearing as a result, basically due to having to get out of one line and then into the back of a new line. Of course, there are instances in which a person will move right before a hearing and then not inform social security or the hearing office because they want to avoid that situation of "losing their place in line".

With regard to that, you have to be very careful, because if you show up with medical records from a doctor in a different state, the ALJ is likely to catch on.














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Topics and Questions


  • What Are The Reasons For Social Security Disability Cases Being Denied?

  • If you are Denied for Disability, Should you File a new Application or File an Appeal of the Denial?

  • How Often Does Social Security Approve Disability The First Time You Apply?

  • Does Social Security Depend on Your Illness or the kind of Work that You Did?

  • What does social security mean by disability, i.e. what is the definition?

  • How will an attorney help me win disability benefits?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Missouri

  • The difference between an Application for disability and a Social Security Reconsideration?

  • Is Receiving Social Security Disability Based On Whether I Can Do My Current or Last Job?

  • Does Social Security Disability Have a Time Limit?

  • How Far Back Can SSI Back Pay Be Paid?

  • What does Social Security Disability Need to Know about your Work History and Jobs?

  • How often does someone get disability approved in just a few months ?

  • How does Social Security consider lupus as a disability?

  • How much does Social Security pay in disability benefits ?

  • When Social Security Disability Is Awarded Do You Get A Notice, And What Does It Say?

  • For Social Security Disability, What Does It Mean When Your Case Gets Sent Out For Review?

  • What is the Role of a Social Security Disability Representative?

  • How to apply for social security disability benefits for children

  • Can you win your Disability Case by Yourself?

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

  • Social Security Disability Application Online

  • If I Get Denied Twice For Disability, What Do I Do?

  • Social Security Consultative Medical Exams and How they affect Disability Claims

  • Does social security contact your former work employers when you file for disability?

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

  • Where do you call to get the status of your Social Security Disability or SSI Claim?

  • How Often Does Social Security Disability Review Cases?

  • What are the Requirements for Social Security Disability and SSI?

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in New York

  • How Do You Fire a Social Security Disability Lawyer?

  • Do You have A Chance Of Losing Disability Benefits If Your Case Gets Reviewed?

  • Winning Social Security Disability Benefits For Mental Disorders

  • Filing for SSD Disability - When Should You put in a Claim?

  • Will an SSI or Social Security Exam help with the Decision?

  • Will You Be Denied For Disability If Your Records Indicate You Can Return To Work?

  • What Happens After You File For Disability Benefits?

  • What are the odds of a judge giving you a disability denial?

  • For Social Security Disability Do I Need To Give My Dates of Treatment?

  • Can You Apply For Disability When You Lose Your Job?

  • How Quick Is The Disability Claim Decision Made?

  • What Happens When You File an SSI or Social Security Disability Application?

  • How Long Does A Social Security Disability Appeal Take?

  • Non-hodgkins Lymphoma and Filing for Disability

  • OCD and Filing for Disability

  • Why Are Child SSI Cases Often Turned Down By Social Security Examiners?

  • Applying for disability benefits in Oregon

  • You Cannot get a Social Security Disability or SSI Award if you don't Provide SSA what they need
























    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