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


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


How to prove you are disabled
and win disability benefits

 
Continued from What is usually the status of your social security disability or SSI case?

3. Where do you call to get the status of your social security disability or SSI claim? Most claimants will call the social security office where they filed their claim never realizing that

A) This is not where the case is actually worked on and

B) That the social security office will never really know what is happening with regard to the processing of a disability case.

So where should you call to get the status of your claim?

If your case is at the disability application level, or the request for reconsideration appeal level, then it is being handled at DDS, or disability determination services. To get the status of the case, you would need to contact DDS and ask to speak to the disability examiner who has been assigned to your case. How do you do this?

A) Call the social security office where you initially applied to get the phone number for DDS.

B) Call DDS and ask to speak to your examiner. Typically, you can be connected to your examiner after you supply your social security number so your case can be looked up in the system.

If your case is at the hearing office (meaning that you have requested a hearing and are now waiting for one to be scheduled), then simply contact the hearing office. Contacting the hearing can be useful to verify that the social security office actually transferred your case to the hearing office. It can also be useful to learn whether or not your case has been assigned to a judge yet. However, typically, you will learn little more than this by contacting the hearing office for a status update.

Regardless of where your claim currently is, however, if you have disability representation, your disability lawyer can obtain the status of your claim for you.














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Topics and Questions


  • How Long Does It Take For An Answer To Qualify For Social Security Disability or SSI?

  • Is there a list of conditions that might Qualify you for Disability Benefits?

  • When are you allowed to get a Disability Lawyer?

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

  • List of Impairments for Social Security Disability and SSI Benefits

  • Has my Disability Claim Been Approved?

  • Does Social Security offer Partial Disability Benefits?

  • To get Social security Disability or SSI do you have to have Total Disability?

  • Applying for disability benefits in New Jersey

  • Does the Social Security Administration use experts for determining disability?

  • The Medical Requirements for Receiving Social Security Disability or SSI

  • Are SSI and SSD disability claims denied by social security for lack of evidence?

  • What is usually the status of your social security disability or SSI case?

  • What are Medical Experts at Social Security disability hearings?

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

  • When will a disability lawyer decide to take your case?

  • Do you file for Social Security Disability or SSI?

  • Can you still Appeal if the Judge denies your Disability Claim?

  • Hiring a Qualified Disability Lawyer in New York

  • Working while on social security disability and not reporting

  • When is a Person Considered Fully Disabled by Social Security?

  • Who makes the decision on a social security disability or SSI case?

  • What does a Social Security Disability Lawyer or Representative do for your claim?

  • How does Social Security Disability decide that you cannot work?






















    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