The initial decision stated that SSD benefits were denied because the evidence supposedly did not show that the claimant was disabled. However, that was boilerplate language that is in every initial denial, and the application was denied, after only two months, because I did not submit the birth certificate.
The application was approved on March 8, 2013, only about six weeks after I requested a hearing. In other words, the application was approved based upon the same information that had been reviewed previously, confirming that the refusal to submit the birth certificate was not a legitimate basis for denying the claim.