How long does it take for a reconsideration for SSI?
Question: How long does it take for a reconsideration for SSI?
Answer: There's no way to really know. As with initial claims (in other words, disability applications), there are no deadlines for social security disability or SSI claims. They simply take...as long as they need to take.
Typically, however, the amount of processing time needed on a case at any level is determined largely by A) how long it takes the disability examiner to receive the medical records, B) how backed up the disability examiner is (in other words, is the examiner overworked, does he have a huge caseload to deal with), and C) whether or not there are special circumstances involved (for example, individuals who have suffered certain medical trauma may have the processing of their disability case delayed for several months in order to ascertain the residual effects of their illness).
To answer the question, though, in most cases a social security disability or SSI reconsideration will not take as long as an initial claim. And it is not unusual to get a decision on a reconsideration within eight weeks.
What happens if the reconsideration is denied? Don't be surprised if it is. Eighty-five percent of all reconsiderations are turned down by social security. If your reconsideration gets denied, immediately file the next appeal, the request for a hearing. And if you don't have representation, that would be the time to start looking for assistance.
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Answer: There's no way to really know. As with initial claims (in other words, disability applications), there are no deadlines for social security disability or SSI claims. They simply take...as long as they need to take.
Typically, however, the amount of processing time needed on a case at any level is determined largely by A) how long it takes the disability examiner to receive the medical records, B) how backed up the disability examiner is (in other words, is the examiner overworked, does he have a huge caseload to deal with), and C) whether or not there are special circumstances involved (for example, individuals who have suffered certain medical trauma may have the processing of their disability case delayed for several months in order to ascertain the residual effects of their illness).
To answer the question, though, in most cases a social security disability or SSI reconsideration will not take as long as an initial claim. And it is not unusual to get a decision on a reconsideration within eight weeks.
What happens if the reconsideration is denied? Don't be surprised if it is. Eighty-five percent of all reconsiderations are turned down by social security. If your reconsideration gets denied, immediately file the next appeal, the request for a hearing. And if you don't have representation, that would be the time to start looking for assistance.
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Winning disability
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