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betty jo
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 02, 2001 - 5:16 pm: | 
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when do you get your check after the judge approves you for ssi. also when does the back payment go back to what date is it the first time you apply or the last time you apply?
thanks
Reply by Paul when do you get your check after the judge approves you for ssi. also when does the back payment go back to what date is it the first time you apply or the last time you apply?
thanks
Around here, in an SSI only case, about 3 weeks after the favorable decision you are called to the local Social Security office to update your income and resources - that is, to make sure you have not inherited a bunch of money or anything like that. Roughly a month and a half after that you might get your back time check and start getting your monthly check.
You will wait forever if you don't go down and produce all of the documents they ask for.
The time will vary a lot around the country.
The back payment in an SSI case is supposed to be for all months starting the later of when you applied or when you became disabled. If you have had several applications, sometimes but not always you can get benefits back to the date of an earlier application.
If the Administration allows you, but at a later date than the date you think you became disabled, you can appeal that. But be careful, the whole case is on appeal. |
Mike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 12:01 pm: |
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About how long after the judge sent me my favorable decision should I get my first check and back pay. I called the local office and they said it was at the Baltimore paying office...Thanks |
Mike
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 30, 2002 - 10:54 am: |
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On my question above it is for SSD, I saw the answer for SSI and did not know if it was the same amount of time...Mike |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 04, 2002 - 6:15 am: |
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Right. It is not the same amount of time. There are two answers, depending. If you have a Social Security Disability case and do not have an SSI case, right now around here, and I think in most of the country, it is taking about 2 months from the date of your favorable decision at the ALJ level. At that point, you get a notice explaining how much you are entitled to, a lump sum check, and a monthly check, all within a few weeks of each other.
If you also have an SSI case, the answer is the same, except that the lump sum check, if any, comes much later; often as much as 3 months later. They have to send the SSI file to Baltimore where they calculate the SSI offset. |
Ben
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 15, 2001 - 6:08 pm: |
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About how long does it take to recieve your money once you get a favorable decision from a judge and the social security office tells you that your case is at the payment center? I live in New York State and have been approved for both SSI and SSD.
Reply by Paul It varies across the country and depending on whether you will actually get SSI; sometimes you there is a perfect and complete overlap and you will not get any SSI.
Around here, about 3-4 weeks to get a call from SSI; about a month and a half to get an SSI check; about 2 months to get a SSD check. Your lump sum SSD check can be delayed for several more months if there is an open SSI file.
Some of this will vary A LOT by region. |
Ann Kennedy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 20, 2001 - 8:01 am: |
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My disability was approved as of Sept. 28th, retroactive to Feb. 1999. I have heard nothing since I received my decision. Will the checks come automatically, or is someone supposed to contact me? How long before I receive my benefits?
Reply by Paul For SSI, someone should contact you to update your income and resources. For Social Security Disability, you should receive a check at about the same time you get an award notice, giving the exact amount of your check. This is usually about 2 months after you get an ALJ's award or a notice from the Administration that you have been approved from a medical standpoint. These dates may vary across the nation.
Also, since it was retroactive to 1999 do I automatically qualify for Medicaid?
Reply by Paul If you get SSI, you get Medicaid for all those same months; plus in many states you can apply for three extra months worth, for 3 extra months before you applied for SSI. If you get Social Security Disability, you will eventually get Medicare, effective 2 years after you should have gotten your first check. If you get Social Security Disability and the amount is low enough, you can separately apply for Medicaid; but they will not tell you this and you must do it on your own.
Thank you.
Reply by Paul Your're welcome. |
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