How to Find Out if My Disability Claims Have Been Approved

A person who is unable to work due to an injury or disorder can apply for disability benefits, which is money they will receive once a month to cover their living expenses. The hardest thing about the process is waiting for the application to be approved.

Filing for disability benefits if fairly easy to do. Some people use the services of an attorney to help them with all the paperwork, while others take on the task themselves. Filing the claim can be done in a matter of minutes, but waiting for the claim to be approved can take from several weeks to several months. It can be stressful waiting for the decision to be made on the claim. There are several ways you can check the status of the claim, but finding out if the application has been approved depends on which stage the process is in.

• Locate the case number and filing date of your claim, which should be on your paperwork you received when you filed the claim. Contact the office where you filed the claim and give them your claim number and the date you filled out your paperwork. They will be able to use the information to check the status of your claim.


• Contact your attorney and have him or her to check on the status of your claim. It is best to let them handle everything because that is what you are paying them to do. They will be able to get the information faster than you would because this is something they do on a regular basis.