alt.social-security-disability

On Sep 12, 4:22 pm, Windswept@Home (Jack) wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:34:38 -0000, Aimee wrote:
> >Jack...
>
> >I applied on June 5 of this year... I called the DDS Monday and the
> >person who had been working on my case said that it was sent to Dallas
> >for "review" on August 28th and then was sent back to the local SSA
> >office on August 30th... She said that I should have received a letter
> >by now and that I should call the local office to find out why I have
> >not received it...
>
> >I called the local office Tuesday and was told that it was not
> >"showing up" (on the computer) but maybe the caseworker had not keyed
> >it in yet... They were going to leave a message for her to call me,
> >but she didn't... I called again today and got the same
> >answer...except, this person said that it usually takes a month to be
> >reviewed...
>
> >Do these people really have the ability to look on the computer and
> >"find" my case..??? Is it possible for it to be returned to the local
> >SSA office in just 2 days..???
>
> >Thanks...
> >Aimee
>
> When the system's up and working, they can find the location of your
> case, but there are often glitches when the system is temporarily
> down.
>
> Never heard of a pre-effectuation QA review that took only two days.
> If the QA people agree with the DDS, it should take at least a couple
> of weeks before they send the case to the local office. QA people
> have to fill-out all sorts of data sheets with check boxes pertaining
> to the case. If it's a denial, the local office releases the denial
> notice and holds the case for 60 days pending a possible recon appeal.
> If it's an allowance, they trigger payment.
>
> 90% of the time, the regional QA units agree with the DDS on the
> substantive issues.
>
> If QA disagrees with DDS, it can take up to a couple of months. The
> QA people send the DDS a memo trying to convince them to reverse the
> decision or to get more evidence to support the decision.
>
> If DDS disagrees, it will obviously take even longer. Each time one
> of the components disagrees with the other one, the case gets
> escalated up the ladder for people in higher positions to fight it
> out.
>
> In some cases, the QA review in the regional office goes smoothly but
> central office QA selects the case randomly to review the regional QA
> (review the reviewer). These can take up to six months but
> fortunately only a very small sample is selected.- Hide quoted text -
>
Jack...

But the both computers were functioning, so why would one computer
show that the case was at the local SSA and other computer show that
it had not arrived yet... Is there some reason why it would be
difficult to trace if both computers are running..??? Is the DDS's
location more reliable than the local SSA office's..??? Is there any
diffinitive place that could tell exactly where it is at...???

Only a small sample, huh..??? That sounds about right...!!! Only 1
or 2 people per 100,000 have the condition that I have... **S**

Aimee