WHERE ARE SOCIAL SECRITY HEARINGS HELD?

Social Security will attempt to schedule your hearing as close to your home as possible.  If you live near an Office of Hearings Operations (OHO), the hearing may be held there.  There is an OHO in Florence, Birmingham and Montgomery.

However, hearings are also held at Social Security field offices across the state.  So, if you live in northern Alabama, you could have a hearing in Huntsville, Decatur, Cullman, Gadsden or Florence. 

For middle or southern Tennessee residents, common hearing locations include:  Nashville, Franklin, Chattanooga and Tullahoma. 

The Decatur, Alabama office is currently only holding hearings with judges out of the Franklin, TN office. A majority of these hearings are held by video-teleconference.

A typical hearing lasts about 45 minutes and gives the claimant and his/her representative an opportunity to present evidence and explain why Social Security rules allow the claim to be paid.  The claimant will be asked a series of questions.  A vocational expert will usually also be asked questions.  After the hearing, the judge will mail out a decision, which may take one to four months.
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