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When your claim is denied, you will be given 60 days to appeal and ask for reconsideration. This is the point at which you need to hire a lawyer. The lawyer will then file your appeal request and start documenting in more detail why you are entitled to disability. All documentation is submitted to a Judge who reviews the record and makes a decision. If the claim is accepted you will start receiving disability checks each month plus you will receive all back disability payments from the date you file your claim.

If your claim is denied, then your lawyer will ask for a hearing. This has to be done within 60 days from the date your request for reconsideration was denied.

You will be required to appear at the hearing with your lawyer and a Judge will hear the evidence. The judge may ask a vocational expert to get involved. At the conclusion of the process, the Judge will then make a decision. If it is denied, an appeal can be made to a commission.

An appeal to a commission takes many, many months and nothing can be done except wait for the review.

The process from start to finish can be as little as six months and as long as two years. But remember, it all starts with a phone call by you to SSA to start the process.

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