Good afternoon, Dan Thanks you for your reply, Yes I could use some help. I read your post very useful information on the appeals process, I passed that information on to a friend of mine in Seattle who is now at the Federal level of appeals, does not look good, but facts are facts. I've also read the ADA and there does not seem to be any information in the act that applies to Social Security Disability, did I miss something.

Like yourself I've been in this process for 4 years now. Received my Favorable decision in June 07 and my award letter in Oct. 07 I still have not received my back payment check for monies owed. So I'm looking for some information on what the laws are and the rights of a person who is legally disabled. It does not seem right that the SSA can and does withhold funds that have been awarded by an ALJ and they had this information for 5 mouths now. In the real world 30 days is considered a reasonable amount of time to process a claim. If you have any ideas or suggestion I would appreciate your feed back. Jeff