How to Speed Up the Payment
Process After a Favorable Decision

The Administrative Law Judge can make one of several rulings about your disability case. He can either rule “Fully Favorable”, which means you have proven your allegations of disability well enough to warrant disability benefits, or he can rule “Partially Favorable” which means although he does find you to be disabled, you did not prove that the disability started at the time you alleged. He may also make an “Unfavorable Decision” which means he does not find in your favor at all.

Of course, you will not get paid if you get an unfavorable decision. But once the favorable or partially-favorable decision is determined, you must wait for payment. Learning how to speed up the process of getting paid is probably high on your agenda right now and with good cause. It generally takes months or even years for a judge to make a decision about your case, the last thing you want to do is be faced with even more waiting for payments to begin.

You want to make sure that the bank account information you initially gave the Social Security Administration is correct! If you have changed banks or if your bank account information is now incorrect, be sure to have the correct information submitted to the Social Security Administration immediately to avoid further delays in your disability benefits.

It may sound ridiculous, but your lawyer, who knows your social security number and every embarrassing detail of your medical record, is not allowed to know your bank account information. The Social Security Administration will not accept bank account information from the lawyer, so if you want to get your Social Security benefits faster, you must submit all of the correct bank account information to the department yourself.

Making sure the Social Security Administration has the correct bank account information is one of the quickest and simplest ways to ensure that you get your SSDI benefits quickly after a favorable decision from the Administrative Law Judge.