Disability Claims Taking Longer

Disability claims are taking longer and longer these days. In fact, nationally the average processing time for disability claims are 491 days, or more than 16 months. This national average is upsetting because Congress has made recent efforts to give the Social Security Administration more resources and staff to deal with huge backlogs.

If you are not approved in the early stages of your Lupus Disability claim, the entire process can potentially last three to four years! The current national backlog involves more than 1 million people.

This problem has to be addressed to aid all the people that rely on social security assistance. How do you feel about the backlog of cases?