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 presumptive disability in specific impairment categories without obtaining any medical evidence, such as an amputation of the leg at the hip, allegation of total deafness, allegation of total blindness, and others. For more information on presumptive disabilities, you should reference the Disability Evaluation Under Social Security (“The Blue Book” 5/02; SSA Publication No. 64-039, which can be found online at www.socialsecurity.gov/disability/professionals/bluebook/. If an application is submitted and approved, through a pre-release program, your client can begin collecting benefits on the first day of the month following the day he/she leaves a public institution. What is the role of a representative? A representative is
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