Dear Jonathan,
Hello. I have a question concerning my court hearing please. On May 17th, 2007, I went to my disability hearing. 2 months later I contacted them to find out my status and they told me the decision was made the day I went to court. I continued to wait and still heard nothing. So I called again today, and they told me there was not a decision made yet. Now I am confused, and I have no money and I'm a single parent. My disbility is social anxiety and depression. I really don't think I can work at this time, but I don't know what to do. I first applied for this July 2004. I have a lawyer, but she doesn't know whats going on. Please help.
Thank you, Barbara
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With delays in Social Security disability cases reaching three years, it was inevitable that settlement advance funding would be adapted to include Social Security disability cases. Yesterday, a company called AnyLawSuits.com purchased a site review from me through Reviewme.com, which is a marketplace that allows website owners to purchase blog reviews. I thought that AnyLawSuits.com's concept is interesting because they say that any advance issued to a claimant would not have to be repaid if the claimant lost his disability case.
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The staffing and case backlog crisis at the Social Security Administration was the subject of a front page article in USA Today on Monday, July 30, 2007. The article noted that SSA has over 745,000 cases pending with the average wait for a hearing at 17 months. In Atlanta, Georgia, where I practice, the wait time exceeds 30 months (2 1/2 years) – and this is consistent with what I am seeing in my practice.
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jonathan, i have had fibro., chronic severe depression for years withrecent dx. of recent dx of some short term memory loss. i have a lawyer case has been somewhere in greensboro nc courts for two years now. all my problems have gotten worse and i do report in every time i see all all my md i never hear from the lawyer is this normal?
–Nancy
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I applyed in the end of July of 2005 and completed everything that they wanted and now it has been almost 8 months and still nothing I tried calling and she isn’t calling me back and haven’t recieved anything in the mail. –Jessie
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I applied for SSD pension almost 6 month ago and have still no answer. Howe long can SSA try to starve you out. I`m also from Germany and ask myself what`s going on. I know there is a treaty with Germany caled totalisation agreemebt. When I went to SSA and applied for supplement SSD they told me I got enough credits (28) to get disability. That`s all good, but when howe long can they let me suffer so my sittuation is getting just worse? That`s exactly what the Insurance company (workcomp) already tried in the last 4 years. It wold be great if somebody can give me an answer. Thanx in advance. –JD
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