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 the ALJ simply announced he was going to approve your claim, that is not a bench decision, and then it could take 2 to 4 months for the deecision and another 30 to 60 days for the final award letters to be issued and benefits to be paid.