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Filing An Appeal

May 10, 2023

How Do I File An Appeal?

March 2, 2023

Is There Anything I Can Do To Expedite My Reconsideration?

February 9, 2023

How Do I Go About Appealing My Benefit Rate To Social Security?

February 1, 2023

What's The Best Avenue For Me To Take In My Appeal?

August 16, 2022

Is There A Process To Appeal?

April 13, 2022

Do You Know How Long A Non-Medical Reconsderation Takes?

February 13, 2022

Should I Contact Social Security About My Appeal?

February 8, 2022

Do I Have Any Recourse?

December 23, 2021

How Can I Appeal Not Being Paid Survivor Benefits?

October 7, 2021

What Do I Put In The Big Box On The Form Appealing My Disability Check?

July 7, 2021

I Need A Sample Letter To Appeal My Benefits Being Cut.

June 23, 2021

Can I Request An Administrative Law Judge Hearing?

April 28, 2021

Is There Any Place Within Social Security To Appeal An Appeal?

January 8, 2021

How Should My Husband Proceed In Order To Get His Benefit Rate Corrected?

May 6, 2020

Does It Sound Like I Have Reasonable Grounds For An Appeal?

October 27, 2019

Can I File An Appeal Back To September 2018?

February 22, 2019

Can You Give Us Any Advice Regarding An Appeal?

February 2, 2019

What Can I Do If I Believe That My Benefit Amount Is Wrong?

October 31, 2018

Can You Offer Me Any Advice That Would Help WIth My Appeal?

June 6, 2019

What Can I Do To Appeal?

May 11, 2018

How Long Until I Receive A Decision On My Appeal?

March 29, 2018

What Should Be My Mother's Next Course Of Action?

February 9, 2018

What Should My Father Do Now?

January 31, 2018

Is There A Gotcha We May Have Missed?

January 30, 2018

Do You Have Any Advice For Us?

September 26, 2017

Is It Possible To Appeal A Decision Made By An Administrative Law Judge?

About the Author

Laurence J. Kotlikoff 

Laurence J. Kotlikoff is a William Fairfield Warren Professor and Professor of Economics at Boston University, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Professor Kotlikoff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1977. Kotlikoff is the Director of the Fiscal Analysis Center.
A New York Times Bestselling author, he has written nineteen books and hundreds of professional articles and op-eds. He is a frequent television and radio guest. His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, London Financial Times, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Forbes, Yahoo.com, Fortune, and other major publications. In 2014, The Economist named him one of the world's 25 most influential economists