Win Rates & Waiting Periods

Winning Social Security Disability Claims

You can handle your Social Security disability claim yourself, but should you? It is a fact that your chances of having your initial application approved or winning an appeal after your claim was denied by the Social Security Administration (SSA) are greater if you are represented by an attorney than if you handle the claim yourself.

Want more information on how our law firm can help you, regarding your social security disability claim? Contact our law firm today to learn how our experienced social security disability attorneys will fight for the compensation you deserve.

Win rates for SSI and SSDI applications and appeals

Simply stated, most claims and appeals are denied. The Social Security Administration's most recent statistics* indicate that roughly:

• 64% of initial claims are denied
• 86% of claims fail again during reconsideration
• 37% of claims fail during an administrative hearing
• 67% of claims fail during an Appeals Council review

Overall, slightly more than half of the claims for SSI or SSDI ultimately result in benefits for the applicants.

Average waiting periods during the Social Security claims process

• Initial claim: 4 to 6 months
• Reconsideration: 6 months
• Hearing by an administrative law judge: 18 months
• Review by the Appeals Council: 17 months

Our Disability Lawyers have won over 8 out of 10 of their past cases!

Contact our Help Center through e-mail or call 1-800-248-1100 for information on how our professionals can help you and how SSA rules, regulations, and processes will affect your case. The following win rates and waiting periods are general and do not reflect the variation among the various SSA offices and types of cases.

For Our Disability Lawyers the entire practice is devoted to helping people with disabilities collect the benefits they need. Our disability lawyers and professional staff members have extensive experience with the process of securing benefits under Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs and our streamlined operation is designed to get those first benefit checks out as quickly as possible.

Want more information on how our law firm can help you, regarding your social security disability claim? Contact our law firm today to learn how our experienced social security disability attorneys will fight for the compensation you deserve.