| The confusion and lack of information regarding | | | | once the finished cases get screened for final |
| application for successful approval for disability | | | | approval. More often than not, disability examiners tend |
| benefits has spawned lots of misconceptions about | | | | to be quite unyielding whenever they wish to approve |
| the whole disability benefits process. That is why most | | | | a claim, for worries that returned cases for corrections |
| of the people hesitate to even file a claim even if they | | | | may affect their job performance. The effect |
| are qualified. For those claimants who have diminished | | | | therefore is that quality control has an impact on the |
| trust with the system, this article may be worth | | | | number of disapproved cases. It is simply unintelligent |
| reading. | | | | then to think that the government attempts to save |
| Many are led to believe that the SSA automatically | | | | money by denying rightful claims. |
| denies all applications the first time. To answer that | | | | There is another misconception though regarding the |
| myth, there is no regulation or policy that controls the | | | | age at which you applied for your disability claim. There |
| SSA disability system in such a way that all initial | | | | is no general ruling for any age limit at which a claimant |
| applications get automatically denied. It is a fact that 60 | | | | may get approved for disability. It is just more |
| to 70 percent of these applications get denied, but only | | | | favorable for older people to win SSI benefits, but |
| because claimants never realize what they should do | | | | generally, a claimant's case is decided on the |
| to improve their chances of winning the benefits. More | | | | substantiality of the medical evidence presented, and |
| so, claimants do the mistake of filing new applications in | | | | the capacity of the person to return to his past work, |
| response to claim denials instead of appealing. | | | | or to be engaged in some other types of work. |
| Another myth surrounding social security is that the | | | | People may only understand so much about the |
| SSA denies disability claims often in order to save | | | | intricacies of the whole system. But if you really are |
| government money. Definitely this is not true. Disability | | | | pursing a claim and wants to be sure of all the right |
| examiners use specific policies in relation to quality | | | | information about its procedures, it is a sound advice |
| control for approving and disapproving claims so as to | | | | then to seek assistance from a legal representative or |
| make sure that the decisions do not get corrected | | | | attorney. |