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DISABILITY CLAIM APPROVAL RATE

Social Security Disability Definitions

This information may help claimants with representation, as well as claimants who are not represented by an attorney or non attorney representative. Understanding how the Social Security Disability system works can make the difference between winning or not winning the continuing disability benefits and backpay to which a person is entitled. To win a claim for ongoing and past due benefits, claimants should learn about the disability process to improve their chances of winning.
The disability approval rate varies, depending on the level at which claims are reviewed. Cases heard by Administrative Law Judges, of course, have a significantly higher rate of approval than cases that are decided at the Initial claim and Reconsideration levels.



Where a claim is reviewed also has an influencing effect on approval rates. That is, DDS offices (Disability Determination Services) in various states have differing rates of approvals, just as hearing offices in different cities have differing rates of approvals.

What accounts for such differences in an allegedly objective system? Primarily the fact that the system is not as objective as the Social Security Administration might claim.

While the rules governing social security disability cases are the same in every state (SSD and SSI are federal programs), decision making based on a "human reading" of a claimant's medical records is, inherently and unavoidably, a subjective process.

It is also true, as well, that some judges are simply more open to approving cases, while other judges deny cases substantially more often than they approve them.

Nationally, however, about 30-40 percent of all claims for continuing and past due benefits (backpay) are approved at the initial level, while 15-20 percent of all reconsiderations are approved. AlJ hearings have an approximate 50 percent approval rate.





Social Security Disability and SSI Information






Additional Questions & Answers


  1. Social Security Disability, SSI - How long for a decision?

  2. Social Security Disability, SSI - What do I do I am denied?

  3. Social Security Disability, SSI - How do I do an appeal if I am denied?

  4. Social Security Disability, SSI - How long does an appeal take?

  5. Social Security Disability, SSI - Will I have to do more than one appeal?

  6. How do I get new medical records into my social security disability SSI file?

  7. What if my medical records can't be found for my social security disability SSI case?

  8. Where can I get help while waiting on my social security disability SSI claim?

  9. Can you get social security disability ssi if you are still employed ?

  10. Can you get continuing disability SSI benefits when you appeal if you were ceased and taken off disability?

  11. Will the income of a spouse affect my social security disability ssi benefits ?

  12. What do they do in an SSD (social security disability) or SSI disability reconsideration ?

  13. Can I work part time while applying for social security disability (ssd) or SSI ?

  14. What are the qualifications for Social security disability benefits from SSA ?

  15. Winning SSI disability - how do I win ?

  16. SSI disability claim

  17. What benefits can you file for if you become disabled ?


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