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Social Security Disability: When Do You Get Paid?

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It takes a long time to get a Social Security Disability Hearing.

What happens after the hearing?

Most of the time you have to wait 30 to 60 days for the Administrative Law Judge to write his decision. Some Judges will tell you their decision at the hearing. This does not happen very often.

If you are found disabled, another part of Social Security will send you a notice and start working on paying your monthly benefits.

Typically, it takes about 30 days to start your monthly check, and a little bit longer to pay your back benefits.

The time frame can take longer if you also have a workers’ compensation case, or if SSI is involved.

Questions about your Social Security Disability case? Feel free to call Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

5 Ways to Lose Your Social Security Disability Case

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I have been around long enough to see a number of ways people’s Social Security cases blow up.

1. Exaggerate your symptoms. The Social Security Judges spend their day listening to people testify about their conditions and limitations. They can tell when someone is going overboard.

2. Minimize your problems. Believe it or not sometimes people do not go into enough detail about their pain and limitations. See above. You have to hit the right balance when you testify.

3. Do not go to a doctor. Do not waste your time filing for Social Security Disability if you are not going to get treatment. It is not always easy, but you absolutely have to get to the doctor.

4. Give up when you get denied. Most of the people who file for Social Security Disability get turned down several times. You have to keep appealing.

5. Ignore the rules. You have to understand what the ALJ is looking for when he is asking you questions, and when he questions the vocational expert.

Questions about how to win your Social Security Disability case? Feel free to call Illinois Social Security Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.

Social Security Disability and Surveillance

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Someone once asked me if Social Security conducts surveillance on people who apply for Social Security Disability.

I think it is very rare for this to happen.

There are just too many people who file for disability, and the Federal Government does not have enough money to chase after people.

However, if someone is receiving Social Security Disability or SSI and the Government receives a tip that they are committing fraud, then I think the Government is very aggressive in investigating it.

This is a criminal violation and you are subject to imprisonment if convicted.

Social Security employees also take it seriously when someone contacts them and reports that they think a person is not really disabled at the application stage.

Need help with your Social Security Disability case? Feel free to call Illinois Social Security Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.