Meadows1973
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
I was recently cut off from SSD (not SSI) for "suspected fraud". When I was sent the original notice I replied with an appeal, which was never processed. I finally got someone at SSD to talk to me about this 8 months after they cut off benefits, and he said that, "We don't process appeals until we have finished our investigation". When asked how long that could take, he responded with "Up to 5 years".
How can they remove my SSD without either charging me with fraud (they only "suspect it") or giving me the right to appeal their decision to terminate?
Is this really legal? The SSD guy said there is no due process claim here because they are an administrative agency and not a judicial one: how can this matter?
Thanks.
I was recently cut off from SSD (not SSI) for "suspected fraud". When I was sent the original notice I replied with an appeal, which was never processed. I finally got someone at SSD to talk to me about this 8 months after they cut off benefits, and he said that, "We don't process appeals until we have finished our investigation". When asked how long that could take, he responded with "Up to 5 years".
How can they remove my SSD without either charging me with fraud (they only "suspect it") or giving me the right to appeal their decision to terminate?
Is this really legal? The SSD guy said there is no due process claim here because they are an administrative agency and not a judicial one: how can this matter?
Thanks.