It's Time to Get the Benefits You Deserve
Suze Orman shares how to get disability benefits in less time—with no out-of-pocket costs
Checking the Status of Your Disability Application
Checking the Status of Your Disability Application
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How to Check the Status of a Disability Claim or Case
Checking the status of your Social Security disability claim can help speed up your case.
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How Long Does It Take to Get a Decision for Social Security Disability?
It can take a month to more than two years to get approved for disability benefits.
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How Long Does It Take to Get a Decision After a Disability Hearing?
Find out the estimated waiting period for a decision from an ALJ after a Social Security Disability hearing.
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Phone Number to Check the Status of a Social Security 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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Ways to Get 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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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.
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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Working After Your Social Security Disability Onset Date
If you work after your disability onset date or application date, your benefits might be at stake.
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How Long Does It Take to Get a Social Security Disability Award Letter?
When will I receive my disability award letter from Social Security?
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If a Disability Decision Takes Longer Is That a Good Sign or a Bad Sign?
In actuality, whether a disability decision (ssd or ssi) takes longer or shorter than the average processing times quoted by the social security office makes no difference...
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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.
More Questions Asked While Waiting for a Disability Decision
More Questions Asked While Waiting for a Disability Decision
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What Does the Quality Assurance Review Board Do With an SSDI Case?
When you apply to Social Security for disability benefits, the Disability Determination Services (DDS) agency in your state reviews your application to determine if you are medically disabled.
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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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Social Security Compassionate Allowances List
Certain serious and easily provable conditions are eligible for expedited approval through the Compassionate Allowance 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.
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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.