How long does continuing disability reveiw take?

How long? I keep hearing all sorts of things like, who knows how long, or it takes as long as it takes to get on it in the first place, and one person said 60 days (does that mean business days?) Please let me know your experience!

Is it a continuing disability review or a redetermination?

Understanding Supplemental Security Income (SSI)-- Continuing Disability Reviews

They're looking at stuff in your past (albeit recent past too) so not anything you can do much about, it's not like you can suddenly be more/less disabled than you have been over the previous 3 years. But they're looking through 3 years worth of stuff, so that could take them awhile, depending on how complicated your stuff is. My friend was quadriplegic so it didn't take long to decide he was still quadriplegic :-)

It is continuing disability reveiw. What is the difference?

I've had bipolar and mental health issues since age 10, been getting ssdi since age 17. I've improved in some areas, but I still flip out and have anger issues and emotional issues, especially when under a lot of stress. Also have ptsd and major social anxiety so its hard to be around people. And drs still acknowledge the problem. Just don't want to sign a lease until I know because I would end up not being able to pay rent if I don't continue this income.

Are you turning 18 soon? The last section on the link, above, says:

"If you are eligible as a child during the month before the month you attain age 18, we will redetermine whether you are disabled. When we do the disability redetermination, we will use the rules that we use for adults who are filing new applications for SSI."

It's a formality; depending on if you start working or going to college, etc., childhood issues can get better and not be permanent disabilities and they're just checking your progress. If you are getting better and they determine you could get a job (doing okay in college, say), that could make a difference or, if you are, like my friend, quadraplegic and obviously pretty wholly disabled (they paid for his training and he worked when he was able but because of his obvious disability, he was slower than others doing his job and during times of recession, like now, he'd be one of the first laid off; but, he's in his 50's now so getting of an age where the combination of age and disability makes it almost impossible for him to get a job so he's "permanently" disabled).

haha no I am 29 now. I had one review 7 years ago (so apparently that means they don't expect me to get better???) and they continued me then.

Well, if they are doing it again, they obviously haven't given up on you yet but it does sound like just part of their routine, just checking to see if anything has changed. I imagine you will get reviews every 3-7 years then, from what they say on their website and from what you have experienced. Don't know if any laws or procedures have changed in the 7 years; I'd maybe call them and ask. It's probably a bit like income tax where they keep tweaking stuff back and forth.

With the Sequester and all this mess going on now, who knows how long it could take. It's a numbers game for SSI, where the State administers it and they get X amount from the Feds based on how many people they need to service and how big the state is, etc. whereas SSDI is Federal/Social Security run so you don't have to worry about other disabled in your state, just the Federal Government and what it might be doing, the ijits in Congress.

A redetermination is when they start from scratch, look at everything all over again, rather than just to see if there's any changes. Sounds like you just have a review, as you read/thought.

If you're on disability for a mental disorder the normal cdr schedule would be once every 3 years, however ss is backlogged and often it will take longer to receive one. Depending on what you're approved for cdr's occur every 18 months, 3 years, and 7 years. No matter what your disabled for if you're under retirement age you will get one or more cdr's. The cdr is based on the past 12 months of medical notes only. The length of time will vary. It could be several weeks to several months.