This decision shouldnât be difficult: You make the call and save your friendâs life. The fact that drug users sometimes choose not to do so in these situations doesnât just reflect poorly on them. Their reluctance is, in part, a function of the tough-on-crime attitudes that have characterized state and federal narcotics policies for decades.
The question of how long it takes to get a decision on a Social Security Disability or SSI benefit claim is not easy to answer, for several reasons.Social Security Disability and SSI cases can be won in as little as 30 days, or take as long as two years for benefits to be awarded.here is simply no way to predict how long a case will take because, unlike other programs (Department of Social Services, for instance), the federal disability program does not have deadlines for applications or appeals.
Below you will find how long the average processing time in days is for each Office of Disability Adjudication and Review or ODAR nationally. Keep in mind this is how long it takes from requesting a hearing until a decision is made and does not include the application and reconsideration process. In July of 2007 the claims backlog for SSDI and SSI cases was at its highest mark ever reaching 749,224 cases. The information below should help give you an idea of how long it takes to get a decision at the hearing level. The national average in 7/07 was 528 days. As of 5/30/08 a new report was published with an update on processing times at the hearing level. The national average for 5/08 was 523 days.