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.
Since I'm not sure whether you mean a review of your initial disability application or a continuing disability review (after you've been receiving benefits), I'll cover both. Initial disability application. In most cases it takes three to five months for you to receive a decision on disability application.nce you send the form back, it usually takes one to two months for Social Security to review your case. Most, but not all, disability recipients are approved for continuing benefits after their review. To learn more, see our article on CDRs.