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I Need A Sample Letter To Appeal My Benefits Being Cut.

Need a sample letter to appeal cutting my benefits

Hi. I'm sorry, but I don't know of any sample appeal letters. There are a multitude of different reasons why people file appeals, so it would likely be impossible to find a sample that would address your specific problem.

If your benefit payments have been reduced, there could be any number of reasons for that. Hopefully, you've received a letter from Social Security explaining why they reduced your benefit rate. If not, you should probably call Social Security for a verbal explanation. if you don't feel that what Social Security did was correct, you'll want to state in your appeal the specific reason(s) why you disagree with their decision and what you believe needs to be done to rectify the situation.

Best, Jerry

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Jul 7 2021 - 4:13pm
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