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Home :: FAQ :: Social Security Disability Hearing

Getting Your Social Security Disability Hearing

  1. What form do I have to file in order to get my hearing?

  2. What if I let the 60 days run on my appeal, can I file late?

  3. How Can One Expedite a Hearing on a Social Security Disability/SSA Claim?

  4. Is there a list of conditions for TERI Cases which can trigger my case as one of Dire Need?

  5. Is there another form which must accompany my Request for Hearing”?

  6. How should I send these forms?

  7. If I live in the greater Tampa Bay Area, where are the local offices where I can deliver my paperwork for my appeal?

  8. What if I live outside of the Tampa Bay Area, how can I locate my local Social Security Office?

  9. Once my Request for Hearing is received by the SSA what happens next?

  10. What will happen next?

  11. What happens at ODAR from that point on?

  12. How long will this take?

  13. Will anybody tell me anything?

  14. Will my attorney be notified?

  15. How will I know if my attorney has been notified?

  16. What if my attorney is not copied on the Notice?

  17. Can I waive the 20 day Notice and get my hearing earlier?

  18. Is there anything else I must do to expedite my hearing request?

  19. Once my case has been reviewed and accepted into the Social Security Hearing process, What happens next?

  20. How should I or my attorney prepare for a hearing?

  21. What steps need to be taken to go before an Administrative Law Judge at the Hearing?

  22. What are the rules on submitting evidence?

  23. What if there are issues to address and supporting evidence concerning those issues?

  24. How does one submit “On-The-Record” (OTR) Request?

  25. Do the rules change with working with attorney adjudicators?

  26. How does one submit Dire Need, Terminal Illness requests, or information regarding incarcerated individuals?

  27. How does a claimant go about rescheduling hearings?

  28. If I have a child and go to an Administrative Law Judge hearing, what should I do?

  29. What should I do after an Administrative Law Judge hearing?

  30. Can I use the Internet to file my medical records with the SSA or can only an attorney’s office do that for me?

  31. What is the first step in filing records electronically in the ERE System?

  32. Why do I need a copy of my SSA file on Disk?

  33. Why do I need a bar code?

  34. Once I have a bar code, how can medical evidence be electronically submitted?

  35. Should I have my case heard by videoconference by a judge who does not preside in my home jurisdiction or court?

  36. What sort of place is the actual office where my case will be heard?

  37. If I am receiving VA Disability Should I let my attorney know and give him a copy of my VA Award notice before my case is set or soon after my case is set for hearing?