Appeals counsel approved
 

well got some good news yesterday ...well I think ..my lawyer called and said the appeals counsel approved my case to go back to another judge to be reviewed due to the first judge not looking at all of the medical evidence...now we are just waiting on another court date ....man I hope it goes threw ....

I hope it goes through for u too :)
 

Is this called a remand?
 

Hi NOS455,

The appeals process, after initial denial, you had an ALJ hearing and were denied? Then appealed to the appeals council and then sent it back to the ALJ level for another hearing?

From what I have read and heard, almost nothing gets approved at the appeals council level. It is either denied there and then you can move to Federal court OR they send you back to ALJ level.

Sounds like you have hope since they did NOT deny you and have returned you to another ALJ hearing. I am wishing you the best. How long will you have to wait for your new hearing? Any idea? Are you guarenteed a different ALJ?

Please keep us posted. Good luck to you.

Yes I was denied at the ALJ and then my lawyer appealed it to the council... as far as a new date as of now we have no clue ..and also we don't know if it will have the same judge ...I have alot of evidence from Dr.s on my case ...the first judge that herd my case from what she wrote on the in the paperwork they sent me she didn't read 3/4's of my medical reports ...I don't know.. I wish it was over ...I singed up in 2011 after my Dr. told me my condition was not going to get any better ...I have brain damage and PCS along with a whole list of other problems I can't spell .... :mad:

Well got another letter they are now sending me to another dr. for a neurological exam for the 2nd time ....now this is after the appeals counsel aproved it to be reviewed again because they didn't look at all of the med evidence...man how much longer can this go on ,,,:confused:

Dear NOS455
 

he's not saying much ....:mad:

Technically you were not approved, your case was remanded, just to clear up any confusion. ;)

Time to start asking/demanding answers from him....

Is he sure that your medical documentation proves total disability ? You can have mountains of records but if they don't say what the SSA wants to hear, how they want it said, it's tough to get approved. They often send applicants to an SSA doc because the medical evidence in the application is inconclusive regarding total disability. If your lawyer has worked with a lot of SSDI cases, he should know how your documentation stacks up. Ask him where you stand on that issue.

Good luck getting through the process and getting a good outcome.

Thank you ...yes i have 2 dr's reports saying im disabled ...i got another letter today i have to go for a neuro exam Tuesday ...