http://www.socialsecurityhome.com/disabilityblog/2005/10/25/the-aljs-role-at-your-ssdi-or-ssi-hearing/ Have a Social Security Disability Claim? Find a Lawyer who can help you improve your chances of receiving benefits. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:45:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.socialsecurityhome.com/disabilityblog/2005/10/25/the-aljs-role-at-your-ssdi-or-ssi-hearing/#comment-15 Disability Blog -- Denied on my social security disability claim Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:43:53 +0000 http://67.192.97.219:6700/disabilityblog/?p=32#comment-15 [...] This post is designed to give you some comfort in regard to your SSD claim or your SSI claim. If you are denied at the application stage or the reconsideration stage of the social security process do not get discouraged. The vast majority of claimants are denied at these two stages. There are several possible reasons why this has happened to you, but they are not important in the grand scheme of you claim. Typically those claimants that are denied at these two stages wind up with a successful claim once they reach the hearing stage and present their case before an Administrative law judge (ALJ). The only thing you do need to be made aware is the 60 day deadline to appeal. If you are denied at the first two stages you have 60 days to appeal an unfavorable decision. If you miss this deadline your only recourse is to come up with a good reason why you missed the deadline or file a new claim. Missing the deadline will make this often long process even lengthier. [...] [...] This post is designed to give you some comfort in regard to your SSD claim or your SSI claim. If you are denied at the application stage or the reconsideration stage of the social security process do not get discouraged. The vast majority of claimants are denied at these two stages. There are several possible reasons why this has happened to you, but they are not important in the grand scheme of you claim. Typically those claimants that are denied at these two stages wind up with a successful claim once they reach the hearing stage and present their case before an Administrative law judge (ALJ). The only thing you do need to be made aware is the 60 day deadline to appeal. If you are denied at the first two stages you have 60 days to appeal an unfavorable decision. If you miss this deadline your only recourse is to come up with a good reason why you missed the deadline or file a new claim. Missing the deadline will make this often long process even lengthier. [...]

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