Social Security Disability Hearing Backlog Growing Again
Number of people waiting in the hearing backlog approaches 1 million.
If your application was denied and you must appeal your SSDI benefits claim, it’s important to avoid waiting to file and get help. The Back Log of people waiting to attend a hearing for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits is growing closer to 1 million.
As of December 2013, there were 903,720 people who had filed an appeal and were waiting for a hearing before an administrative law judge (ALJ). , according to data released by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
This is a nearly 7 percent increase from 847,984 hearings pending at the end of fiscal year 2013, and a 17 percent increase from 771,318 hearings pending in FY 2011.
As the waiting time grows longer, more and more people are enduring significant financial hardship to receive…
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