Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

You have to look at this hearing as a new opportunity, before a new ALJ, to prove your case. ALJs do review their cases prior to your hearing date and it is possible that you might receive a ruling beforehand, but you can't count on it.

I went back and looked at a few of your earlier posts, and while it is true that they merge your files you really can't count your first application that you let lapse as a part of your timeline.

You said that your attorney amended your Alleged Onset Date. Was this done due to new medical evidence, based upon you turning a certain age, or did you just mean the date allowed by the start of your second application? There is a huge difference between those scenarios.