Notice Of Decision Letter

[Ruffcreek]

My claim for SS disability was denied last summer and I appealed and have received notice for my request for a hearing before an ALJ.

Then unexpectedly yesterday I received the following letter from SS. "This determination is based on another review of your claim. As a result of our additional review, we are able to make a fully favorable medical decision and find that you meet the medical requirements for disability benefits. The onset of your disability is established as of January 18, 2008. Therefore, it is not necessary to have your case decided at the hearing level. We have not yet made a decision about whether you meet the nonmedical requirements, but we will make that decision soon. You will soon get a notice about the amount of your payments if you meet the nonmedical requirements."

This seems positive to me but 1) is this normal for them to do another review after I appealed the 1st denial?, 2) what are nonmedical requirements?, and 3) anybody care to guess how SOON the decision will be made?

Thanks to anyone who cares to comment.

[Pete53]

Congrats you won and they owe you money. I calculate about 8 months worth. The average is about 1000 bucks and in about 16 months you will get Medicare.

Social Security does all kinds of reviews and only tell you when they make a change.

[Ruffcreek]

Thanks everyone for all your comments. I appreciate it and just want mention that I do have an attorney so he will get most of the retro but it was worth it.

[Berta]

Yes-this is normal-you must have asked for Reconsideration or appealed with some good evidence-

I agree that they need to check how much and for how long you paid into the SSA account to develop the proper amount of your check (dependents might get one too if there are children under 16.)

SSA gave my husband SSA for a CVA but we filed for Reconsideration as they never evaluated his PTSD. A few months later they award PTSD,with a better SSA EED and sent us over 17,000 thousand.

The reconsideration only took 3-4 months and the retro check came in 3-4 weeks.

[Ruffcreek]

Talk about fast! I received my Notice of Award this morning. It took only 7 days from the Notice of Decision letter.

Glad to be over with it!

[ltate90]

Yes-this is normal-you must have asked for Reconsideration or appealed with some good evidence-

I agree that they need to check how much and for how long you paid into the SSA account to develop the proper amount of your check (dependents might get one too if there are children under 16.)

SSA gave my husband SSA for a CVA but we filed for Reconsideration as they never evaluated his PTSD. A few months later they award PTSD,with a better SSA EED and sent us over 17,000 thousand.

The reconsideration only took 3-4 months and the retro check came in 3-4 weeks.

ruffcreek,

congrats on the the award, ms berta do you have a better chance of getting approved for ssdi with ptsd at the alj level.

[jims_51]

My claim for SS disability was denied last summer and I appealed and have received notice for my request for a hearing before an ALJ.

Then unexpectedly yesterday I received the following letter from SS. "This determination is based on another review of your claim. As a result of our additional review, we are able to make a fully favorable medical decision and find that you meet the medical requirements for disability benefits. The onset of your disability is established as of January 18, 2008. Therefore, it is not necessary to have your case decided at the hearing level. We have not yet made a decision about whether you meet the nonmedical requirements, but we will make that decision soon. You will soon get a notice about the amount of your payments if you meet the nonmedical requirements."

This seems positive to me but 1) is this normal for them to do another review after I appealed the 1st denial?, 2) what are nonmedical requirements?, and 3) anybody care to guess how SOON the decision will be made?

Thanks to anyone who cares to comment.

The non medical requirements are reference to the quarterly payments you made into SS. That will determine the amount, if any you receive. You are approved for SSD, now they are checking your payments into the system to determine the amount they will pay each month. When I applied I received my approval letter three months later along with the amount of back pay and future monthly payments deposited two weeks later. There is no set time when the payments will start, sadly their incompetence is only bettered by the VA. You will receive it faster if you choose direct deposit. As long as you worked the required quarter's and made the SS payments into the system your checks will be determined by those amounts. If you did not qualify for those two items you will never the less receive Medicare part A in approximately 6 mo. Part B has to be paid for.