Today, the scheduling clerk called to set a hearing for one of my clients. His hearing is scheduled January 8, 2007. His Request for Hearing was filed in April 2005.
Cannon & Anderson
Straight Answers about Social Security Disability
2916 Tazewell Pike, Ste. F
Knoxville, TN 37918
(865) 522-9000
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
Who decides whether I am disabled?
In Tennessee, after you file a Social Security disability claim, the case is sent to the Disability Determination Section of the State Department of Human Services in Nashville.
This individual, working with a doctor, makes the initial decision on the claim. If the claim is denied and the individual requests reconsideration, the case is then sent to another disability examiner in the same office, where it goes through much the same process.
If a claim is denied at reconsideration, the claimant may then request a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge who works for Social Security. In Knoxville, these judges are at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, located in the First Tennessee Bank building downtown. The Judge makes an independent decision upon the claim. This is the only level at which the claimant and the decision maker get to see each other.
At Cannon & Anderson, we believe the hearing before the Judge is the most important step and is the best chance to win your case.
Cannon & Anderson
Straight Answers about Social Security Disability
2916 Tazewell Pike, Ste. F
Knoxville, TN 37918
(865) 522-9000
This individual, working with a doctor, makes the initial decision on the claim. If the claim is denied and the individual requests reconsideration, the case is then sent to another disability examiner in the same office, where it goes through much the same process.
If a claim is denied at reconsideration, the claimant may then request a hearing with an Administrative Law Judge who works for Social Security. In Knoxville, these judges are at the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review, located in the First Tennessee Bank building downtown. The Judge makes an independent decision upon the claim. This is the only level at which the claimant and the decision maker get to see each other.
At Cannon & Anderson, we believe the hearing before the Judge is the most important step and is the best chance to win your case.
Cannon & Anderson
Straight Answers about Social Security Disability
2916 Tazewell Pike, Ste. F
Knoxville, TN 37918
(865) 522-9000
Family admits burning body, collecting benefits
Three relatives of a deceased northeast Missouri man admitted they burned his body, then continued to cash his Social Security disability checks for nine more years.
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/16169442.htm
http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/state/16169442.htm
Man accused of faking mental impairment to collect benefits
For nearly 20 years — ever since Pete Costello was 8 — his mother has collected disability benefits on his behalf. In meetings with Social Security officials and psychologists, he appeared mentally impaired and unable to communicate. His mother insisted he couldn't read or write, shower, care for himself or drive.
Pete Costello sat in court Tuesday, saying nothing, but showing no outward sign he is mentally impaired. He works as an auto-body repairman and lives with a girlfriend and two of her children, prosecutors said.
Read the whole story in the Seattle Times.
Pete Costello sat in court Tuesday, saying nothing, but showing no outward sign he is mentally impaired. He works as an auto-body repairman and lives with a girlfriend and two of her children, prosecutors said.
Read the whole story in the Seattle Times.
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