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Social Security Disability
Social Security Topics (Continued)
How does the Social Security Disability process really work? A typical Social Security Disability claim goes through multiple stages: application, denial, reconsideration, denial or approval, hearing, denial or approval and so on.
To get the process started you need to file an application for Title II (2) disability and/or Title XVI (16) disability benefits. Here in Georgia the time from your application until an initial decision is made and sent to you can be from 3-6 months depending on factors such as how busy the local Social Security Office is and how complicated your medical situation is.
After the application is filed the claim is sent to the Georgia Department of Labor where a Georgia State employee reviews your claim, obtains medical records, medical opinions and/or consultative examinations, and then makes a recommendation to the Local Office to approve or deny your claim. The file is then sent back to the local office and a decision is issued. Most often this decision is a denial, and you then have to begin the appeals process with reconsideration.
What are the two basic ways to prove disability? Social Security recognizes two basic ways to establish disability. The first is the Sequential Evaluation Process and Listings of Impairments. Under this method you ask a series of yes or no questions and based on the answer you either are or are not disabled.
The second method is referred to as the Grid Guidelines or just the grid. In this method you find into which box you fall on a chart of age, work skills, education and literacy level and the box is labeled either “not disabled” or “disabled”.
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