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Benefits for Minors

The deadline for all Social Security disability benefit appeals is 60 days from the date of an applicant being notified of the rejection. Since many people believe that applicants are notified five days from the date the decision was made, unless there is proof otherwise, the deadline is 65 days from the date of the decision.

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Our Social Security disability attorneys help clients with a variety of disability practice areas, including but not limited to the following:

• SSDI
• SSI
• Applying for benefits online
• Applying for benefits by phone
• Talking to SSA
• Disability forms
• Permanent Disability
• Proving disability
• Functional capacity
• Appeal forms
• Grid rules
• The listings

There is one exception to this deadline, however. The exception applies to appealing a rejection from an ALJ to the Appeals Council where there has been a federal court incident. In these scenarios, the deadline is 30 days. A lawyer can inform you if you fall into this category. Since it can be unclear when exactly your deadline may be, it is important to speak with a Social Security benefits lawyer as soon as your initial claim is denied. The sooner the process gets started, the better.

When the stage for requesting the following appellate step ends on a weekend day or on a federal holiday, or any other day of which all or a portion is a non-workday for federal workers by Executive Order or statute, the deadline is extended to include the following complete workday. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.3(b), 416.120(d).