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How many appeal levels are there?

June 8, 2008 by admin

526. How many appeal levels are there?

For information on the appeal levels, see §2000.

Last Revised: Jul. 26, 2005

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social security what a joke on the ones who really need it

March 23, 2009 by Guest

i became disabled in june of 2007 i have back surgery and it did not help in fact i stay in pain all of the time i can't drive a car anymore because i don't have any feeling in my right leg i'm very depressed and taking meds for this and high blood pressure i applied for ssi and ssd on september 24 2007 i was denied 2 times i got a lawyer to handle everything i just don't understand why they act as thoug it's their money i lost everything my car was repoed i got put out of my apartment because i did'nt have any means to keep it and now almost 2 years i call my lawyer to find out what is going on with my case and he tells me that we hav'ent got a date for a hearing yet that it could take up 2 or3 years is there anyone who can tell me some good news for a change.

Social Security disability backlog

March 23, 2009 by admin

Here are a couple references which may be of interest :
http://www.ssa.gov/oig/communications/testimony_speeches/09162008testimo...
http://ssa.gov/finance/2008/Key%20Priorities.pdf

Highlights from the later document :

  • At end of FY 2008, 760,000 people were waiting for a disability hearing
  • On average, an individual waits 500 days to receive a decision
  • In FY 2009, SSA will target cases pending over 850 days
  • In FY 2008, SSA hired 190 new Administrative Law Judges (ALJs)

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