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How long do I have to appeal my Social Security disability denial?


If your Social Security disability case has been denied. You need to know how long you have to file your appeal. You only have so much time before your deadline. If you miss that window of opportunity, you may be back to square one.
Check your denial
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Denied at your hearing? What you can do now


If your Social Security case is denied after a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), you have a couple of options:
Appeal the ALJ’s decision to the Social Security Appeals Council
To do this, you need to file form HA-520-U5 “Request for Review of Hearing Decision/Order.”  
One benefit of appealing is that it preserves your entitlement to [...]

Social Security myths: you have to wait 60 days after being denied to reapply


I hear this one with some frequency. I am meeting with a client and they tell me that someone at Social Security told them that if they want to appeal, they have to wait sixty days before starting a new claim / filing a new application.
That’s just not true.
You do not have to wait any [...]

When problems arise, watch out for deadlines!


You, or your child, are on Social Security, when out of the blue, you get a letter:
Your benefits will cease as of …
or
An overpayment was detected due to your failure to notify Social Security of your spouse’s income …
or
Since turning 18 years of age, we have determined that you are no longer disabled under our [...]