My father is applying for Social security disability but he was not called to see a state doctor, is that good or bad?
My father applied for Social security disability benefits back in June of this year.
Today I checked his status online for about the 40th time, and finally got a message saying that a decision has been made in his case and that we'd receive an official letter by mail....What I am concerned about is that when my mother applied for Disability benefits a few years back she was approved much faster and had to visit a state disability doctor who I assume ultimately had the last word in her case, thankfully everything went well with my mother, but now I am worried that my father's case has taken longer (about 5 months total) and that he was not called in to visit a state doctor...

Why wasn't he called in to have an appointment with a state doctor(I believe it's for a CE examination)? Does that mean that he is denied? Or does that mean that he had a good case therefor a state doctor was not necessary?

Please help, I am about to receive the official letter by mail, but I am nervous at what the outcome may be...and the fact that he wasn't called in to see a state doctor has me thinking the worst :/

Please give me any feedback you may have, I'd love to hear from people who have been in the same situation or from someone that knows about the process.


Thank you for reading!

My father is applying for SSD but he was not called to see a state doctor, is that good or bad?
My father applied for Social security disability benefits back in June of this year.
Today I checked his status online for about the 40th time, and finally got a message saying that a decision has been made in his case and that we'd receive an official letter by mail....What I am concerned about is that when my mother applied for Disability benefits a few years back she was approved much faster and had to visit a state disability doctor who I assume ultimately had the last word in her case, thankfully everything went well with my mother, but now I am worried that my father's case has taken longer (about 5 months total) and that he was not called in to visit a state doctor...

Why wasn't he called in to have an appointment with a state doctor? Does that mean that he is denied? Or does that mean that he had a good case therefor a state doctor was not necessary?

Please help, I am about to receive the official letter by mail, but I am nervous at what the outcome may be...and the fact that he wasn't called in to see a state doctor has me thinking the worst :/

Please give me any feedback you may have, I'd love to hear from people who have been in the same situation or from someone that knows about the process.


Thank you for reading!

sakuranokaori,

I hope you don't mind...So there's no confusion.. I merged your two threads together to help get the answers in one place.


Abbie

Sorry, I posted the same question twice since my first one did not go through :O. I should have given it more time to show. Thank you for organizing my posts. Take care!

No need to apologize...

We are here to help I didn't want you to miss an answer...

I hope someone comes along soon that can help you with your question.


Abbie

I was not called in, but i was denied the 1st time...then i went in front of an ALJ and was approved. I was never called in to see their dr as mine provided enough info.
Good luck to you! Let us know the outcome! Fingers are crossed!!!

Neither good nor bad.

Claims can take three to nine months.

The letter must be on the way. Could be allowance or denial.

i never got called to see their DR. and i was approved the first time on my own with no attorny. i didnt get a letter i called my bank to see if i had money for groceries and it said a very large amount , which i knew i had only 13.87 dollars in there and WOW called bank to see if there was a mistake they said nope it was from the gov. and its mine , that next week i got a letter saying i would be getting money. so not good not bad but if he asked for direct deposit and is awaiting back pay keep a weathered eye on hois account , i had a long history of dr's and a failed attemopt to return to work i applied in feb and got in july same yr.

My daughter applied for SSD back in 2007....she's been denied twice and has been before an ALJ last year.....the committee overturned the ALJ's decision and she's waiting for a new ALJ.

When I applied in 1992 due to RSD, Bi Polar, etc, it took me 5 YEARS to be approved......

From my experience, and listening to most people, 99% of people who apply are denied the first time, they appeal, are denied again, appeal, go to an ALJ....some are approved, but about 45-50% are denied and have to appeal that. After that, something like 80%-90% are approved.

Your mom sounds like she was lucky. Your father's case is MUCH more common