Apr
02
2012
By Guest (not verified)
I had my court date, on December 13, 2011, the judge found that my claim was unfavored, my lawyer and I were both so shocked about the decision, I have been turned down twice before, and now another appeal, can I assume that this will take another long period to find out.
Levels of appeal for Social Security cases
Generally, there are four levels of appeal :
I'm not sure which level you're at. However, the SSA states that the Appeals Council take about a year to give proper consideration to each case to ensure the agency's final action is correct.
http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10041.html
http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/2048
http://ssa-custhelp.ssa.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1167