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eleanor huff
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 11:12 pm: | 
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Where can i call to check up on the status of my claim. Does your age have any influence on thefir decision? |
eleanor huff
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 11:33 pm: |
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I
live in Ohio and am 59 years old. I have applied for disability because
of symptoms lingering from accidents and injury. How can I check up on
it so check its status and do they consider your age. It is hard enough
to get baack to work when you are younger let along 59 years and bad
shoulders. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Post Number: 795
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 5:38 am: |
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One
way to apply for benefits is to go to the Social Security
Administration's website and follow the instructions for applying
online.
That is the best way, if you can do it, for this reason:
If
and only if you apply online, you will be given a PIN number that
enables you to check the web to find out where the Administration's
computer thinks your case is.
The computer is not always
right; if it is wrong usually it is behind; that is, your case was
where it says it is, has gone to the next step, but that fact has not
yet been logged in.
If you did not apply online, you can try
calling 1 800 772 1213, pressing 0 until you get a live person, and
asking them the status. If the person you get is not helpful, hang up
and call again. You can do that all day and will get a different person
each time, and in any large group of people, there are wonderfully
helpful ones scattered around.
But all he or she can tell you is where the computer says the file is. Again, the computer is sometimes a little behind.
If
you are at the initial or reconsideration levels, after about a month
most disability claims are sent to your state's Department of
Vocational Rehabilitation, to a section called the Disability
Determination Section, or Disability Determination Division. You can
try calling them, and, depending on the state, they might tell you the
status of your claim.
Yes; they consider your age; it is
easier to get benefits if you are older, particularly if you are over
50 and have performed mostly manual labor calling for low work skills. |
chayla myers (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 05, 2005 - 11:15 pm: |
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I would like to know how my status on the social security disability is going? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Post Number: 1248
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, July 03, 2005 - 8:28 am: |
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You really want to know two things: a. Where in the process your claim is, and b. whether you have a good chance of winning.
a. To find out where in the process you are, there are several things you can try:
1. If you were smart enough to file over the Internet, on www.ssa.gov, you should have been given a PIN number. You can use it to find out where your case is.
2.
You can call 1-800-772-1213, press 0 until you get an operator, and ask
him. The operator can tell you anything that the computer tells him. If
the operator is not helpful, hang up and call again and again until you
get a helpful one.
3. You can try calling your local office, whose number might be in the phone book, or you can find it at the Administration's Local Office Locator. It is often difficult to get through on these phone lines.
4.
If your case is at the initial or reconsideration levels, you can talk
to your caseworker at your state's disability determination service;
you can probably find that number by searching on Google with the
keywords, "Disability Dermination Service" and the name of your state.
You will probably get mail with this phone number on it, and the name
of your caseworker.
5. If you are at the hearing level, you
can try talking to your Office of Hearings and Appeals. To locate your
Office of Hearings and Appeals, go to the SSA Hearing Office Locator.
b.
The more difficult question is whether you are winning your claim. It
is about impossible to find that out by asking people in the Social
Security Administration. Certainly, you know you are losing if you are
turned down. To find out whether you are winning, and to correct any
problems, I guess the best thing to do is to talk to a lawyer who
handles a lot of these claims, and show him your medical records.
4. If your claim is at the initial or reconsideration level, you can call the |
Bonnie Lillge-Humphrey (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 3:19 pm: |
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I was injured in 1992 and was on SSD for two years, went back to work with my disability getting worse over the years, constant Dr. medications etc. In November of 2005 my physician finally took me off work and disabled me totally and permanently. When reapplying for SSD I was told they could not take into consideration my past SSD claim and that I now cannot work any longer as a result of the original injury back in 1992. They said I needed to apply as though this is just brand new. I applied, got denied and now I am waiting on a decision of my reconsideration application. Is it true that SS cannot or will not take into consideration that I was already on SSD during the initial injury time and after surgery? How long does the reconsideration period take? I did not apply on line. What can I do to help this along? |
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