The amount of marijuana in your possession, your location, and the circumstances of your arrest determine whether it is a state or federal offense. These factors also impact the severity of a federal marijuana sentence.
Getting Paid. If you were approved only for SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance), your file will then be sent to a payment processing center and you should start to receive payments within a month. If you were approved for SSI, your file stays at the district office.
If you really want to get a handle on how long your hearing decision will take, simply call the hearing office and speak with a staff member. Just keep this in mind: anything they tell you should be ingested with several grains of salt.Regarding how long your benefits will take to commence...this is even more nebulous.If you are approved for benefits, your file will be sent by the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) to a payment processing center.ow long will it take to get a decision from a judge once you've already had your disability hearing? There is no standard amount of time. If you're represented, the person handling your case may have a fairly good handle on how long a particular judge normally takes to get a decision out.