I have represented several SSD/SSI Claimants and it is getting to the point were I do not go out of my way to cooperate with NYS OTDA on the initial claim hoping that they would deny sooner rather than later. Out of all the claimants I represented (starting at the initial application) all of them were initially denied and all of them were granted the SSD/SSI at the appeals stage. (Two were granted before the hearing based on the record and in the absence of me requesting an on the record determination).