Indiana Social Security Disability Attorney » Appeals http://disabilitytse.com Tom S. Ebbinghouse, Attorney At Law, Social Security Disability Indianapolis, Indiana Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:04:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Indianapolis Social Security Disability Cases Appeal Processing Time Continues to Fall! http://disabilitytse.com/98/indianapolis-social-security-disability-cases-appeal-processing-time-continues-to-fall/ http://disabilitytse.com/98/indianapolis-social-security-disability-cases-appeal-processing-time-continues-to-fall/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:56:15 +0000 admin http://disabilitytse.com/?p=98 The processing time for appeals that go to hearing in Indianapolis continues to fall. At the end of November 2009, the average processing time from the Request for Hearing was 579 days.  In June of 2008 it was 896 days and in April 2009 it was 738 days.  As I noted in my June 12, 2009 post, a new hearing office is supposed to be up and running in Valparaiso, IN in September 2010.  I would expect that once that office is open, SSA will reconfigure service areas of the different hearing offices so that all of the Indiana hearing offices will have shorter waiting times.

]]> http://disabilitytse.com/98/indianapolis-social-security-disability-cases-appeal-processing-time-continues-to-fall/feed/ 0 Indianapolis Social Security Disability Cases Appeal Processing Time April 2009 http://disabilitytse.com/44/indianapolis-social-security-disability-cases-appeal-processing-time-april-2009/ http://disabilitytse.com/44/indianapolis-social-security-disability-cases-appeal-processing-time-april-2009/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:27:42 +0000 admin http://disabilitytse.com/?p=44 The good news is that the processing time for appeals that go to hearing in Indianapolis has fallen when compared to the times from June 2008. The average processing time in Indianapolis measured from the Request for Hearing was 896 days at the end of June 2008. At the end of April 2009, the average processing time in Indianapolis measured from the Request for Hearing was 738 days. This is a reduction of 158 days.

The bad news is that the wait is still over two years long from the Request for Hearing. It is important that you keep seeing your doctor during your long wait so that your medical condition will be documented.

]]> http://disabilitytse.com/44/indianapolis-social-security-disability-cases-appeal-processing-time-april-2009/feed/ 0 Indiana To Have Additional Hearing Office for Social Security Disability Claim Appeals http://disabilitytse.com/42/indiana-to-have-additional-hearing-office-for-social-security-disability-claim-appeals/ http://disabilitytse.com/42/indiana-to-have-additional-hearing-office-for-social-security-disability-claim-appeals/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:25:17 +0000 admin http://disabilitytse.com/?p=42 According to David V. Foster, Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, in his June 5, 2009 Deputy Commissioner Broadcast to Social Security employees, Indiana will have an additional hearing office to hear appeals of denials of Social Security Disability claims. The new office is to be in Valparaiso, IN and is supposed to be up and running by September, 2010. Help is coming to Indiana to work down the backlog of claims so that you do not have to wait so long for a hearing.

]]> http://disabilitytse.com/42/indiana-to-have-additional-hearing-office-for-social-security-disability-claim-appeals/feed/ 0 Indianapolis ODAR Processing Time Update http://disabilitytse.com/25/indianapolis-odar-processing-time-update/ http://disabilitytse.com/25/indianapolis-odar-processing-time-update/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:12:15 +0000 admin http://disabilitytse.com/?p=25 A recent report on average processing time of a Social Security disability claim from the time of the Request for Hearing shows that the processing time is becoming shorter at the Indianapolis Office of Disability Adjudication and Review. In a prior post, I noted that the processing time was 896 days. A recent report shows that the processing time has been reduced by 177 days to an average processing time of 719 days. The average processing time at Evansville was reported to be 588 days and Ft. Wayne is listed at 600 days. This is tangible proof that while the wait is still very long, things are improving.

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