Someone wrote in and said that they have a consultative medical exam scheduled on March 10th, but that their case has a deadline of March 8th. I wrote back with the following:
You have a deadline of march 8th? I'm not sure what you mean by this. A disability application filed under title 2 (social security disability) or title 16 (SSI, supplemental security income) has no deadline. The case just takes as long as the case takes. If there were deadlines on case processing, then it would very often be impossible for disability examiners to get all the needed medical records together, or evaluate your normal daily activities (this may involve calling one of your friends, neighbors, or relatives who you may have designated as a third-party contact, or it may involve giving yourself a call or sending you an ADL, i.e. activities of daily living questionare to compete and return), or properly investigate and classify your past relevant work history (the information from this is used to determine if you still have the ability to engage in your past work, or perform some type of other work in the national economy).
The only disability cases that have deadlines are "medicaid for disabled adults" claims. I used to take these when I was a caseworker (In addition to being a former disability examiner, I used to be a medicaid caseworker). They have a case processing deadline of 90 days and if a decision has not been made by a disability examiner, then the case is denied. Usually a medicaid case like this is denied because, as we pointed out, the disability examiner didn't have time to get the records together. Which is exactly why they don't use those silly deadlines on SSD and SSI claims. It would be a disaster. Back to what you said though. If you have a CE (consultative medical exam) scheduled for two days after "the deadline" something does not make sense. You should contact the disability examiner who has your case. There should be a contact number on the CE appt letter that you received.
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You have a deadline of march 8th? I'm not sure what you mean by this. A disability application filed under title 2 (social security disability) or title 16 (SSI, supplemental security income) has no deadline. The case just takes as long as the case takes. If there were deadlines on case processing, then it would very often be impossible for disability examiners to get all the needed medical records together, or evaluate your normal daily activities (this may involve calling one of your friends, neighbors, or relatives who you may have designated as a third-party contact, or it may involve giving yourself a call or sending you an ADL, i.e. activities of daily living questionare to compete and return), or properly investigate and classify your past relevant work history (the information from this is used to determine if you still have the ability to engage in your past work, or perform some type of other work in the national economy).
The only disability cases that have deadlines are "medicaid for disabled adults" claims. I used to take these when I was a caseworker (In addition to being a former disability examiner, I used to be a medicaid caseworker). They have a case processing deadline of 90 days and if a decision has not been made by a disability examiner, then the case is denied. Usually a medicaid case like this is denied because, as we pointed out, the disability examiner didn't have time to get the records together. Which is exactly why they don't use those silly deadlines on SSD and SSI claims. It would be a disaster. Back to what you said though. If you have a CE (consultative medical exam) scheduled for two days after "the deadline" something does not make sense. You should contact the disability examiner who has your case. There should be a contact number on the CE appt letter that you received.
Additional Information on:
Social Security Disability
Social Security Disability Questions
- How will Social Security Determine if you get Disability Benefits?
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- The SSI Award Letter from Social Security
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- Can You Qualify for Disability if you did not work much?
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Homepage for the: Social Security Disability Resource Center
