If you do not meet the deadline for appealing a denial of your Social Security disability claim, you may ask that the Social Security Administration (SSA) extend the deadline by finding that there was good cause for missing the deadline. To do so, include with your appeal a detailed letter explaining why the request [...]

There are four levels of administrative adjudication of Social Security claims. They are: The initial determination, Reconsideration determination, Hearing before an administrative law judge, and Review by the Appeals Council. After this, a case may be filed in federal court. The time limit for all Social Security disability appeals but one is 60 days from [...]