ODAR Hearing Offices - Philadelphia - Region III

Information about ODAR (Region III - Philadelphia) - The Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) is based out of Philadelphia, PA and provides coverage for residents of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. ODAR Hearing Offices in the Region III Philadelphia area consist of 18 ODAR hearing offices. Below is the physical address of the regional office:

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review 4th Floor 300 Spring Garden Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123 Telephone: (215) 597- 4100 Fax: (215) 597- 4183

Baltimore, MD Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
The Symphony Center, Room 300
1010 Park Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21201-5600

Telephone: (410) 962-3361
Fax: (410) 962-6999

ODAR Coverage Area:
MD: Baltimore, Downtown East, Mondawmin, North, Northeast, Northwest, West, Glen Burnie, Annapolis, Catonsville, Towson, Bel Air, Eastpoint, Garrison, Randallstown, Westminster, Frederick, Hagerstown
WV: Martinsburg

Charleston, WV Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 100
500 Quarrier Street
Charleston, West Virginia 25301

Telephone: (304) 347-5156
Fax: (304) 344-3359

ODAR Coverage Area:
Beckley, Charleston, Logan, St. Albans, Parkersburg, Williamson, Welch

Charlottesville, VA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
2nd Floor,
1470 Pantops Mountain Place
Charlottesville, Virginia 22911

Telephone: (434) 977-3456
Fax: (434) 295-4515

ODAR Coverage Area:
Charlottesville, Culpeper, Staunton, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Covington, Farmville, Danville, Martinsville, South Boston

Dover, DE Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 100
500 W. Lockerman Street,
Dover, DE 19904

Telephone: (302) 674-7000
Fax: (302) 674-7024

ODAR Coverage Area:
DE: Dover, Georgetown, New Castle
MD: Elkton, Cambridge, Salisbury
VA: Accomac

Elkins Park, PA

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 250
8380 Old York Road
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania 19027

Telephone: (215) 887-2191
Fax: (215) 887-0541

ODAR Coverage Area:
Allentown, Bethlehem, Bustleton, Easton, Fairless Hills, Jenkintown, Norristown, Pottstown, West Chester

Harrisburg, PA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
8th Floor
2 North 2nd Street
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101

Telephone: (717) 782-3815
Fax: (717) 236-3150

ODAR Coverage Area:
Carlisle, Lancaster, York, Harrisburg, Lewistown, Chambersburg, Lebanon, Reading

Huntington, WV Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
301 9th Street, 2nd Floor Annex
Huntington, West Virginia 25701

Telephone: (304) 529-5531
Fax: (304) 529-5066

ODAR Coverage Area:
KY: Ashland, Pikeville, Prestonsburg
WV: Huntington

Johnstown, PA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 200
334 Washington Street
Johnstown, Pennsylvania 15901-9954

Telephone: (814) 533-4462
Fax: (814) 535-4057

ODAR Coverage Area:
Altoona, DuBois, Greenburg, Indiana, Johnstown, Kittanning, New Kensington, Somerset, State College

Morgantown, WV

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
6 Suburban Court
Chestnut Ridge Road
Morgantown, West Virginia 26505

Telephone: (304) 285-4250
Fax: (304) 285-4326

ODAR Coverage Area:
WV: Clarksburg, Elkins, Fairmont, Morgantown, Petersburg, Wheeling
PA: Uniontown
MD: Cumberland

Norfolk, VA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
5850 Lake Herbert Drive, 3rd Floor
Norfolk, Virginia 23502

Telephone: (757) 459-4900
Fax: (757) 459-6733

ODAR Coverage Area:
VA: Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Virginia Beach
NC: Elizabeth City, Ahoskie

Philadelphia, PA

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
1601 Market Street, 21st Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

Telephone: (215) 982-4730
Fax: (215) 982-4734

ODAR Coverage Area:
Philadelphia Downtown, Broad Street, South, West, Woodland Avenue

Philadelphia East, PA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 502
833 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107

Telephone: (215) 597-3340
Fax: (215) 597-3480

ODAR Coverage Area:
Chester, Kensington & Allegheny (K&A), Nicetown, Philadelphia Germantown, Upper Darby

Pittsburgh, PA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
1000 Liberty Avenue, Suite 2308
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Telephone: (412) 644-2751
Fax: (412) 644-4200

ODAR Coverage Area:
PA: Ambridge, Beaver Falls, Charleroi, McKeesport, Monroeville, New Kensington, Pittsburgh Downtown, Pittsburgh Brentwood, Pittsburgh East, Pittsburgh Mt. Lebanon, Pittsburgh Northside, Washington
OH: Steubenville, East Liverpool

Richmond, VA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
801 East Main Street
4th Floor
Richmond, Virginia 23219-2406

Telephone: (804) 771-2977
Fax: (804) 771-2405

ODAR Coverage Area:
Chesterfield, Fredericksburg, Petersburg, Richmond Downtown, Richmond West, Richmond East

Roanoke, VA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 201
116 North Jefferson Street
Roanoke, Virginia 24016

Telephone: (540) 857-2240
Fax: (540) 857-2635

ODAR Coverage Area:
VA: Roanoke, Wytheville, Bristol, Wise
WV: Bluefield

Seven Fields, PA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
One Adams Place, Building B
300 Seven Fields Blvd, Suite 200
Mars, PA 16046

Telephone: (724) 742-4800
Fax: (724) 742-4836

ODAR Coverage Area:
Meadville, Butler, Sharon, Oil City, New Castle, Erie

Washington D.C. Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Union Center Plaza II, Suite 950
820 First Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002-4205

Telephone: (202) 523-0408
Fax: (202) 408-8995

ODAR Coverage Area:
District of Columbia: "M" Street, Postal Plaza, Shepards Park
MD: Anacostia, Brightseat, Camp Springs, Greenbelt, Rockville, Wheaton
VA: Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Manassas, Winchester

Wilkes-Barre, PA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Stegmaier Building, Suite 201
7 North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18702-5242

Telephone: (570) 826-6419
Fax: (570) 821-4169

ODAR Coverage Area:
Bloomsburg, Carbondale, Hazleton, Pottsville, Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport, Towanda, Stroudsburg, Sunbury


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ODAR Hearing Offices - New York - Region II

Information about ODAR (Region II - New York) - The Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) is based out of New York City and provides coverage for residents of New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. ODAR Hearing Offices in the Region II New York area consist of 14 ODAR hearing offices and 1 regional office. Below is the physical address of the regional office:

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review Room 34-116 26 Federal Plaza New York, New York 10278 Telephone: (212) 264-4036 Fax: (212) 264-1519

Albany, NY Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
6th Floor
74 North Pearl Street
Albany, New York 12207-2211

Telephone: (866) 862-7348

Fax: (518) 462-1933

ODAR Coverage Area:
Albany, Gloversville, Hudson, Kingston, Oneonta, Plattsburgh, Poughkeepsie, Queensbury, Schenectady, Troy

Bronx, NY Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
2nd Floor, Suite 4
226 East 161st Street
Bronx, New York 10451

Telephone: (718) 537-4958

Fax: (718) 590-1673

ODAR Coverage Area:
East Bronx, Hunts Point, Laconia Avenue, North Bronx, West Farms

Brooklyn, NY Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
18th Floor
111 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201-9238

Telephone: (718) 330-7861

Fax: (718) 330-2009

ODAR Coverage Area:
Avenue X, Bay Ridge, Bedford Heights, Boro Hall, Bushwick, Canarsie, Cypress Hills: Excluding Zip codes 11414, 11416, 11417, 11418, 11419, 11420 and 11421(these zip codes serviced by Queens HO), East New York, Flatbush, Williamsburg

Buffalo, NY Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
50 Fountain Plaza, Suite 200
Buffalo, New York 14202

Telephone: (716) 551-4711

Fax: (716) 551-4078

ODAR Coverage Area:
Amherst, Batavia, Buffalo, Dunkirk, Geneva: Zip codes 13026, 13034, 13071, 13081, 13117, 13139, 13140, 13147, 13160, Greece, Jamestown, Niagara Falls, Olean, Ridge Road, Rochester

Jericho, NY Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
3rd Floor
375 North Broadway
Jericho, New York 11753

Telephone: (516) 942-0244

Fax: (516) 942-0353

ODAR Coverage Area:
Freeport, Long Beach, Melville, Mineola, Patchogue, Riverhead, West Babylon

Mayaguez

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Medical Emporium Building
351 Ave Hostos, Suite 301
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00680-1507

Telephone: (787) 831-3300

Fax: (787) 831-3452

ODAR Coverage Area:
Aguadilla, Mayaguez

Newark, NJ Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
3rd Floor
1100 Raymond Blvd.
Newark, New Jersey 07102

Telephone: (973) 645-3868

Fax: (973) 645-2467

ODAR Coverage Area:
Clifton, East Orange, Elizabeth, Glen Rock, Hackensack, Hoboken, Jersey City, Montclair, New Brunswick, Newark, Newton, Parsippany, Paterson, Somerville, Springfield Ave, Woodbridge

New York, NY Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Room 2909
26 Federal Plaza
New York, New York 10278-0035

Telephone: (212) 264-8819

Fax: (212) 264-8633

ODAR Coverage Area:
Bronx Hub, Chinatown, Downtown, East Harlem, East Village, Grand Central/United Nations, Hylan Blvd, Midtown, South Bronx, Staten Island, Uptown, Washington Heights

Ponce, PR Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Executive Hall, Suite 281
441 Calle Ferrocarril
Ponce, Puerto Rico 00731-1102

Telephone: (787) 841-3176

Fax: (787) 841-3180

ODAR Coverage Area:
Cayey, Guayama, Ponce, Yauco

Queens, NY Office (relocated to Jamaica, NY)

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Joseph P. Addabo Federal Building
155-10 Jamaica Avenue, 2nd Floor
Jamaica, NY 11431

Our mailing address is :
Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Joseph P. Addabo Federal Building
P.O. Box 319300
Jamaica, NY 11431

ODAR Coverage Area:
Astoria, Cypress Hills: Zip codes 11414, 11416, 11417, 11418, 11419, 11420 and 11421, Far Rockaway, Flushing, Glendale, Jamaica, Long Island City, Rego Park

Rochester, NY Office (Satellite of Buffalo)

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
U.S. Federal Building, Room 4170
100 State Street
Rochester, New York 14614

Telephone: (585) 263-5771

Fax: (585) 263-5792

San Juan, PR Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Capital Office Building
800 Ponce de Leon Avenue, 10 th floor
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907

Telephone: (787) 729-7494

Fax: (787) 729-6883

ODAR Coverage Area:
Puerto Rico (PR): Arecibo, Bayamon, Caguas, Carolina, Fajardo, Hato Rey, Hato Tejas, Humacao, Manati, San Juan, San Patricio
U.S. Virgin Islands: St. Croix, St. Thomas

Syracuse HO

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
300 S. State Street, 5th floor
Syracuse, New York 13202

Telephone: (315) 479-3900

Fax: (315) 479-3933

ODAR Coverage Area:
Binghamton, Corning, Elmira, Geneva: Zip codes 13026, 13034, 13071, 13081, 13117, 13139, 13140, 13147, 13160, Ithaca, Ogdensburg, Oswego, Rome, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown

Voorhees, NJ Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Voorhees Corporate Center, Suite 200
333 Laurel Oak Road
Voorhees, New Jersey 08043

Telephone: (856) 627-9770

Fax: (856) 627-8796

ODAR Coverage Area:
Brick, Bridgeton, Cherry Hill, Egg Harbor Township, Glassboro, Mount Holly, Neptune, Rio Grande, Toms River, Trenton

White Plains HO

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 202
75 South Broadway
White Plains, New York 10601

Telephone: (914) 761-7190

Fax: (914) 682-7006

ODAR Coverage Area:
Monticello, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Newburgh, Peekskill, West Nyack, White Plains, Yonkers




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ODAR Hearing Offices - Boston - Region I

Information about ODAR (Region I - Boston) - The Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) is based out of Boston and provides coverage for the six New England states (MA, RI, CT, ME, NH, VT). Below is the physical address of the regional office:

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
10th Floor
One Bowdoin Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02114

Telephone: (617) 720-0438
Fax: (617) 723-2985

Boston, MA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
4th Floor
One Bowdoin Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02114

Telephone: (617) 523-3213
Fax: (617) 248-0978

Coverage Area:
Boston, Brookline, Brockton, Hanover, Cambridge, Chelsea, Falmouth, Fitchburg, Gardner, Framingham, Haverhill, Hyannis, Lawrence, Lowell, Malden, Norwood, Quincy, Roxbury, Dorchester, Roslindale, Salem, Waltham

Hartford, CT Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
William R. Cotter Federal Building
135 High Street, Room 331
Hartford, Connecticut 06103-1193

Telephone: (860) 240-4333
Fax:(860) 724-9843

Coverage Area:
Hartford, East Hartford, New Britain, Bristol, Torrington, Waterbury, Willimantic, Middletown

Manchester, NH Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 303
1750 Elm Street
Manchester, New Hampshire 03104

Telephone: (603) 629-9326
Fax: (603) 623-4050

Coverage Area:

NH: Concord, Littleton, Manchester, Nashua, Keene, Portsmouth
VT: Burlington, Montpelier, Rutland

New Haven, CT Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Connecticut Financial Center
157 Church Street, 22nd Floor
New Haven, Connecticut 06510

Telephone: (203) 787-7771
Fax: (203) 787-7777

Coverage Area:
New Haven, Ansonia, Bridgeport, East Bridgeport, Danbury, New London, Norwich, Meriden, Stamford, Norwalk

Portland, ME

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 600
One Portland Square
Portland, Maine 04101-4092

Telephone: (207) 780-3271
Fax: (207) 780-3705

Coverage Area:
Augusta, Rockland, Waterville, Bangor, Rumford, Portland, Biddeford, Presque Isle, Lewiston-Auburn

Providence, RI Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
155 Westminster Street, Suite 1000W
10th Floor
Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Telephone: (401) 272-0987
Fax: (401) 272-3052

Coverage Area:

MA: Attleboro, Fall River, Taunton, New Bedford
RI: Pawtucket, Providence, Newport, Warwick, Woonsocket

Springfield, MA Office

SSA, Office of Disability Adjudication and Review
Suite 450
1441 Main Street
Springfield, Massachusetts 01103

Telephone: (413) 746-2445
Fax: (413) 734-2347

Coverage Area:
Springfield, Holyoke, Greenfield, Pittsfield, North Adams, Worcester

For more updated information about the Boston Region I ODAR offices, please visit SSA.gov

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Disability Report Form Guide (Adults)

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Leukemia Social Security Disability Benefits (SSDI, SSI)

As defined in Section 13.06, the Social Security Administration defines Leukemia into two categories, Acute Leukemia (including T-cell lymphoblastic) and Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Leukemia is a very difficult disease. Suffers of Leukemia are often unable to maintain employment as a result of the disease.

Acute Leukemia can be considered under disability at 24 months from the date of diagnosis or relapse, or 12 months from the date of bone marrow or stem cell transplantation, whichever comes later. Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia can be described in an accelerated or blast phase, else a chronic phase.

Leukemia Disability Impairment and Collecting Medical Evidence

It is critical that you are seeing your doctor regularly and following through with treatment. While meeting with your doctor, ensure that you are documenting your symptoms and impairments. When describing your symptoms to your doctor, make sure your doctor is writing down these symptoms in your file. This will help serve as medical evidence in your Social Security disability claim.

Lawyers Helping Leukemia (SSDI and SSI Disability) Claims

Suffers of Leukemia often find maintaining employment to be difficult. Experienced Leukemia disability lawyers can help with Leukemia Social Security disability benefits claims. It is important that a SSDI lawyer working with a Leukemia impairment benefits claim provide documentation of symptoms. Documenting the medical evidence within a Leukemia disability claim is essential to win Social Security disability benefits.

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SSDI Application Submission Expectations

If you've sumitted your SSDI application recently you're probably asking you're "what's next?" After your SSDI application has been submitted there are a serious of steps that occur to help Social Security determine if you will be awarded SSDI benefits.

Social Security Reviewing Medical Records

Social Security will attempt to obtain your disability medical records from your doctors. You may also be asked to see Social Security's doctors based on different aspects of your disability. Typically these doctor visits are quick examinations.

At these doctor visits the doctor reviewing your disability typically does not have access to your medical records. The doctor's verbal comments may lead you to believe he understands your condition and believes you are disabled. The doctor's written report will often be far different and not in your favor.

SSDI Benefits, a 50/50 chance

At the initial level more than 65% of all claims are denied. With less than a 50/50 chance, what can you do? For starters, don't give up! Documenting and proving your disability case is not easy. It is your job to present your disability case.

SSDI Lawyers can help improve your odds of winning SSDI benefits. If your claim is denied at the intial level, remember there is an appeal process. Also remember, the sooner you talk to an SSDI lawyer about your disability claim, the sooner the process can be affected.

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SSDI Benefits and Work Limitations

People collecting Social Security Disability (SSDI) sometimes question if they can collect disability AND work. The short answer is "yes," but certain rules apply. For starters there is a "Trial Work Period."

SSDI Trial Work Period
In the trial work period you are allowed to work up to 9 months within a fiver year period and continue to collect your SSDI benefits. After your 9 month trial period is up there is a limitation to the amount of money you can earn independent of SSDI and still maintain your SSDI benefits. In 2007 this limit was $900 / month and in 2006 the limit was $860 / month.

What happens if I exceed the earnings limit?
Earning more than the above limits come with consequences. If you exceed earning limitations you will be asked to repay your SSDI benefits back to Social Security for that month. The Social Security Administration will review your earnings on a monthly basis - excessive earning can jeopordize your Social Security disability benefits.

SSDI Benefits Impacted by a Pattern of Work
If the SSA notices there is a pattern and you are regularly showing a pattern of work, the SSA may decide to review your case entirely to determine if benefits should be continued.

Receiving Maximum SSDI Benefits
Are you receiving the maximum disability benefits allowed under SSDI? Are you looking to claim SSDI benefits? Whether you have applied for disability or applied and been denied disability a experienced SSDI lawyer can help. Those that qualify for SSDI benefits should know what type of work limitations are allowed.


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Mental Disorder Disability Impairments

If you were not aware as of 12/18/07 there have been Social Security Administration updates to Mental Disorder Disability Impairments.

Below is a list of mental disability impairments:

• 12.02 - Organic Mental Disorders
  
• 12.03 - Schizophrenic, paranoid and other psychotic disorders
• 12.04 - Affective disorders
• 12.05 - Mental retardation
• 12.06 - Anxiety-related disorders
• 12.07 - Somatoform disorders
• 12.08 - Personality disorders
• 12.09 - Substance addiction disorders
• 12.10 - Autistic disorder and other pervasive developmental disorders

In order to receive Social Security disability (SSD) benefits medical evidence and an assessment of the severity of functional limitations must be documented.

Medical Evidence
Social Security must be provided with the existence of medically determinable impairment(s) through medical evidence. To document this evidence must be provided to the symptoms, signs and laboratory findings (including psychological tests). Symptoms are defined as your own description of mental impairments. Though not in all cases, symptoms and signs generally cluster together forming a recognizable mental disorder.

Measuring Severity
Social Security will measure the severity of the mental disorder according to the functional limitations the condition imposes. Functional limitations are assessed by reviewing: activities of daily living (ADL), social functioning, concentration and persistence among others.

The full description of mental impairments impairments is available at SSA.gov.

Looking to make more sense of mental disability impairments? The language can be difficult to understand by most, however a experienced mental impairment lawyer can help explain the process, gather the required information and present your benefits claim to Social Security. If you think you have a disability claim that can be won and are afraid to handle your disability case on your own, please consider contacting a mental disorder disability lawyer. You will be surprised how disability attorney fees are structured to help you win back benefits and ensure you are receiving the maximum benefits you are entitled to.

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