Checking the Status of Your Disability Application
Checking the Status of Your Disability Application
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Checking the Status of a Social Security Disability Claim
Checking the status of your Social Security disability claim can help speed up your case.
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Phone Number to Check Status of a Disability Decision
Call your local DDS agency or hearing office, not the Social Security field office, to check the status of your claim.
Other Public Benefits
Other Public Benefits
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What Qualifies for Short-Term Disability Benefits?
Only a few states provide temporary disability benefits, though workers' comp and private employer-funded disability insurance do as well.
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Can I Get Interim Public Assistance While Waiting for SSI?
Most states offer loans when you apply for SSI if you promise to pay it back with your SSI benefits.
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Financial Assistance While Waiting on Disability
There is help available while you're waiting for Social Security or SSI disability payments, but you have to piece it together.
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Getting a Disability Loan While Waiting on Social Security
Taking a loan can be an option while you're waiting for disability benefits.
Questions Asked While Waiting for a Disability Decision
Questions Asked While Waiting for a Disability Decision
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Can I Collect Unemployment While Waiting for Social Security Disability?
Social Security doesn't have a rule against it, but collecting unemployment while waiting for SSDI or SSI disability benefits could come back to bite you.
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Why Is My Disability Decision Taking So Long?
Most disability claims take a long time to decide, so it's not a bad sign if your case is taking a while.
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Can I Work While Waiting for My Disability Decision?
Am I supposed to be working when I apply for benefits? If not, how long do I have to be off work?
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Disability: No Health Insurance, No Medications, What To Do?
People who can't work often can't pay for medicines or doctors.
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What Is the Five-Month Waiting Period for Social Security Disability?
Applicants who are approved for Social Security disability lose the first five month of benefits.
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What Is Quality Review and How Long Does It Last?
Social Security randomly pulls disability applications to make sure they're handled consistently.
Social Security Disability Notices and Awards
Social Security Disability Notices and Awards
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Understanding Your Social Security Award Letter
Here's what you'll find out in your Social Security disability award letter.
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Notice of a Decision for a Social Security Disability Case
How you'll be notified about Social Security's decision on your disability benefits depends on in what stage in the application process you are.
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What's in a Denial Letter From Social Security?
Getting denied disability doesn't necessarily mean you're not disabled—look at your denial letter to learn the rationale for the denial.
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ALJ Disability Hearing Decisions Explained
Learn about the possible decisions the administrative law judge (ALJ) may make after a Social Security Disability hearing.
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Sample Appeals Council Denial Letter
If the Appeals Council denies your SSDI or SSI claim for benefits, you have two options.
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Social Security's Compassionate Allowances List
Certain serious and easily provable conditions are eligible for expedited approval through the Compassionate Allowances program.
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Quick Disability Determination Process for Social Security Disability Cases
The Quick Disability Determination Process allows some claimants to get disability benefits much faster than the regular process.
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Filing for Presumptive Disability Benefits
Presumptive disability payments provide you with support while the SSA completes its review of your disability claim.
