Claims for Social Security Disability Insurance take a long time to be processed and decided these days. An increase in the number of claims in recent years has caused wait times for some applicants to stretch into the hundreds of days. It is in everyone’s best interest for this backlog to be eliminated so that every new application can be decided in a timely manner.<\/p>\n
To that end, the Social Security Administration (SSA) encourages its administrative law judges (ALJs) to hear between 500 and 700 claims each year \u2013 they call the numbers a \u201cgoal.\u201d But some judges claim that the numbers constitute an unlawful \u201cquota.\u201d And now the judges are taking the SSA to court.<\/p>\n
The Association of Administrative Law Judges (AALJ) recently filed suit on behalf of 1400 of its members, claiming that the SSA’s expectations cause them to have to improperly rush evaluations. It also creates an incentive to approve (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Claims for Social Security Disability Insurance take a long time to be processed and decided these days. An increase in the number of claims in recent years has caused wait times for some applicants to stretch into the hundreds of…<\/span><\/p>\n