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Almost anyone who has ever gone through the disability process will know the answer to this question, which is simply: yes, it can be very hard to win a case for disability benefits. In fact, when it comes to trying to get your social security disability or ssi disability benefits established, few things really compare in the category of hard. Why is the case? Well, to begin with, it is always difficult and very hard to get through any sort of process that basically requires you to be without income for a substantially long period of time. And that is the ssdi (social security disability insurance) and ssi process in a nutshell. The federal disability system is essentially set up so that most disability claims will be denied at the initial claim, or basic application, level. This happens to approximately seven out of ten claims and the wait required to get such a decision can take anywhere from a month...to as long as a year (though, in all honesty, it is very rare for a social security disability or ssi disability claim to take that long and most initial claims are decided with three or four months). After an ssd (social security disability) or ssi (supplemental security income) disability claim has been denied, a claimant can choose to give up on their case, file a brand new claim for benefits, or file an appeal. Filing an appeal is almost always the most advantageous route to take and, generally speaking, the goal will be to get a disability claim heard by an administrative law judge. 
However, even though a disability hearing is often where a claimant has their chance of getting approved for benefits, getting to that point may a year or longer from the time such a hearing has been requested. Bear in mind that before a hearing request is even made, a claimant's case may have been "in the system" for over a year already. How hard is it to win a case for disability benefits? Perhaps the truest answer is this. It is as hard as the federal government and the social security administration can possibly make it. Claimants who seriously need to get their benefits established may wish to consider obtaining the services of an experienced lawyer. And, in fact, an attorney who specializes in nothing but social security disability cases would probably be best suited to handle a claim versus a generalist whose practice area spans various different areas of law. At the very least, speaking to a lawyer early on in the process can help a claimant get a grasp of how their case looks, and, possibly, help the claimant avoid some simple, but potentially costly, mistakes. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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