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Social Security Disability Hearing - How do I request one?Social Security has two disability programs and they are Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security disability (SSDI). The appeals process is the same for both Social Security Disability and Supplemental Security Income. How does the Social Security disability (and SSI) appeals process work? You must first file an initial disability claim with the Social Security Administration. If you receive a denial on your initial claim, you will begin the appeals process. The first appeal level is the reconsideration level, the second is an Administrative law judge hearing, and the appeal process is the same for both levels. You must first contact the Social Security administration (usually, the same office where you started your claim) and request the proper forms for a disability hearing. If you have an attorney handling your case, they will do this for you. Currently, you may file your disability appeal form online, however you still must request and turn in your actual appeal form (either for a hearing request or a reconsideration request) to your local Social Security office within the "appeals period". Now you may be wondering what is an appeals period. Social Security allows sixty-five days (sixty days plus five days for mailing) in which to file your appeal of your disability denial. This means that your local Social Security office must receive the appeal in their office by the sixty-fifth day (from the date of your disability denial). Of course. there are some exceptions to this rule, but they are few (for example, if you were in the hospital and were unable to comply). When it comes to requesting a hearing, being timely is even more important because administrative law judges are not very lenient with late appeal filings. In fact, the vast majority of late Social Security disability hearing requests that are filed late are not given good cause and are denied. For more information on: Social Security Disability and SSI Disability.
A few words about Elder Law 
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