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When you apply for Social Security Disability benefits, the Social Security Administration does not simply ask whether you have a diagnosis. SSA uses a 5-step sequential evaluation process to decide whether you meet its legal definition of disability. The process is called “sequential” because SSA reviews the steps in order. If...

 If you’ve ever mailed something important, whether it was a Social Security Disability appeal, a benefits form, or a response to the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) that has a strict deadline, you likely counted on the postmark date as proof that you met a deadline. In recent years, SSA has altered how they send letters to claimants and their attorneys by ...