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I'm no lawyer, but apparently you were denied.It is, therefore, my recommendation that he immediately contact another attorney if he wants to pursue an appeal of his matter.
As noted in the AC's decision, he has a deadline to file his Complaint in the United States District Court.
Should he fail to meet the deadline the decision will become final and binding upon him.
I did however end up in Federal Court with my SSDI claim, so I've been through the process.
...Did you win your case at that level, @geraldt52? At what point in your whole process did you hire an attorney?
@geraldt52
...So I just thought of this. Maybe I could call the Social Security Department. Perhaps that would be enough. Maybe they could tell me something.
Or perhaps I can call the local court where the hearing is/was scheduled. Someone's got to know something, right?