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. |
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I have been unemployed now for 3 years. Can I file a new claim? I am just going to file for PTSD and not my back. Will they even mention my old claim as on the first claim I did not file for PTSD? First of all, you can file for social security disability or ssi based on disability at any time and there is no limit on the number of times you can file a claim. If you've missed the 60 day appeal deadline, of course, and this sounds to be the case, then you'll have no choice but to file a new disability application if you wish to pursue your claim for benefits. If you've been unable to work as a result of your impairments for 3 years, I think the general advice would be that you should pursue a claim for benefits, particularly since the application and appeals process can take a considerable amount of time to get through before you reach a final resolution on a case. Regarding the conditions that you would like to be considered for when you file your claim for disability, regardless of the impairments/medical conditions that you list or do not list on your application, when your medical evidence is gathered for the purpose of evaluating your claim, every severe impairment that is identified in your medical records will be subject to the evaluative process. And, yes, your old claim "may" be considered in the sense that the disability examiner who is assigned your case may have access to your cumulative file, which would include copies of your prior application paperwork, as well as medical records previously gathered by disability determination services on behalf of the social security administration. However, this will depend on whether or not the social security office where you filed actually has your file available. If they do, they may send this to the examiner. Generally, however, this will not occur since your prior folder will have been archived. Disability Advocates Help with Claims Free Case Evaluation |
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