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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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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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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 |
lee schuffert (Unregistered Guest)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, May 04, 2006 - 7:28 pm: |
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I would like to know what the law is on how much back pay can be payed at a time until it has all been payed up? this is for a child who was awarded a claim to pay up to his 18 th birthday. he is now 26 and has barely recieved the award letter saying that he was entitled benefits that he did not get through his father.
could you please answer this question.
thank you. |
SUE EGERT
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, February 17, 2001 - 9:49 pm: |
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My husband is 50 yrs old and recently applied for SSD. He had worked for 30 yrs with the same company prior to this. We filled out the application and sent all his medical records for the last 6 yrs with the application. He has SEVERE osteoarthritis in both hips and his lower back. Due to some other medical issues he is not a candidate for hip replacement. His previous job was fairly sedimentary in nature but the pain and difficulties in movement and sitting made even this impossible to do. We filed in October and were told we would have the initial determination in 60 to 90 days. It has been longer than that and we were wondering if that means he will definitely be turned down? Would it be ok to call SSA and find out what the status is? We live in Florida near Orlando and maybe in need of an attorney to handle this case. |
Paul McChesney
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 6:40 am: |
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The time it takes has little to do with the outcome. Call the Administration to find out what has happened. If you don't have the number, call 1 800 772 1213 to get the number of the local office.
If you cannot get them to answer, call the Disability Determination Service of your state Department of Vocational Rehabilitation. They are actually making the decision, are usually easier to get on the phone, and will usually give you a straighter answer.
I would hire a lawyer if I were you. There is too much riding on it to neglect any step that will improve his chances. |
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