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Many claimants find themselves frustrated with the amount of paperwork they must fill out as part of their social security disability evaluation. It is not unusual to receive a disability application requesting the same information in the mail more than once, leaving the claimant wondering perhaps if this is all part of a grand scheme to wear him or her down and make the claim go away. However, it is important that, when you receive duplicate forms in the mail from social security disability determination services, you do not ignore them out of frustration or a sense that this is a waste of your time. The best thing to do in the case of duplicate mailings is to call your disability examiner and explain the situation, and ask why you are receiving the form again to fill out. It may be that the examiner is seeking additional information, and has neglected to call you to explain exactly what specific details he or she is looking for. If, however, it is a matter of your initial form being either lost in the mail or misplaced, then you can simply forward a copy of the form you sent the first time around (always keep copies for your personal file of all disability correspondence). Likewise, if you receive a letter asking that you contact your disability examiner (known as call-in letters), you should respond as soon as possible, as ignoring this request will only delay your case. It is important to remember throughout the process of applying for social security disability (SSD) or SSI benefits that delays and slip-ups are not personally directed at a particular claimant, though they may appear so at times. Do not ignore official correspondence from the social security disability office or create a difficult relationship between yourself and a disability examiner out of a belief that there is an intention to unfairly target you. Remember that you are one of many faceless applications that a disability examiner must evaluate at a given time, and do your best to help your claim along by establishing a rapport, to the greatest extent possible, with the examiner to which your case has been assigned. 
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