What does the Social Security Administration do with incomplete applications?
If your client’s application is incomplete, your client will be contacted for more information about his/her medical and work history, as well as his/her daily activities and current medications. If your client cannot be contacted, the state disability determination service is authorized to decide the case on the basis of the information available. This will usually result in a finding that your client is not disabled. To avoid this problem, you are encouraged to have your clients give a stable address and phone number, such as your own contact information, when they are applying for SSI. This gives SSA a better chance of contacting your client if necessary. Are there ways to expedite the SSI application process? There are ways your client’s SSI application can be expedited including: If your client is diagnosed with a terminal illness or his/her disability is shown in the presumptive categories, his/her SSI case is processed before other applications. SSA may make finding of presumpti
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