Befall is an old-fashioned or literary way of saying something happened by chance. Bad luck befalls a heroine who drops her lucky rabbit foot. When something befalls you, itâs like bad luck falling on you. An earthquake can befall a city. A terrible disease could befall a child. A bolt of lightning could befall a very unlucky person. When something befalls you, youâre in trouble. Tragedies befall families in many of Shakespeareâs plays â thatâs what makes them so much fun.
How Long Does It Take for a Disability Claim to Get Approved? It can take anywhere from a month to two years for an initial Social Security disability application to be approved. Without a doubt, this is a question that nearly every applicant for Social Security disability or SSI disability benefits asks. Unfortunately, there are no concrete answers to this question, for several reasons.
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.