Step 4: Review Benefit Documents
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Archived: 2026-04-23 17:22
Step 4: Review Benefit Documents
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Step 4: Review Benefit Documents
1
Get Your Information in Order
2
Apply
3
Have a Medical Certification Completed
4
Review Benefit Documents
5
Receive Your First Payment
6
Manage Benefits
7
End Your Benefits
Carefully read and quickly respond to requests for more information.
After you submit your disability application, we will mail important documents to you in about two weeks. To avoid any confusion, read the documents we mail to you very carefully. Let us know right away if any information is wrong, such as wages, dates, or missing employers.
Notice of Computation
(DE 429D)
This form includes your potential weekly benefit amount. It does not mean you are eligible for Disability benefits. Review immediately and contact us to correct any errors to avoid payment delays.
Note:
There is a seven-day unpaid waiting period before benefits start. Your payment starts on the eighth day.
Electronic Benefit Payment Notification
(DE 2500E)
If you are eligible for benefits, you will receive this form. It includes important information about your benefit payments.
Request for Eligibility Information for Disability Insurance
(DE 4365DI)/
Request for Additional Information
(DE 2566)
If you applied by mail (or we can’t immediately verify your identity), you may receive one of these forms. Visit
Acceptable Documents for Verification
to learn how to avoid further delays.
Disability Claim Continuing Eligibility Certification
(DE 2593)
Sent after 5 payments
if you get automatic payments
. Fill out and return this form to confirm your disability. If you don’t return it, your benefits will stop.
Claim for Continued Disability Benefits
(DE 2500A)
Sent every two weeks or up until the estimated return to work date
if you don’t get automatic payments
. Complete and return this form to confirm your disability. If you don’t return it, your benefits will stop.
Note:
The quickest way to submit the DE 2593 or DE 2500A is through
myEDD
if you have an account. You must return these forms to us within 20 days of the date on the document.
Read all of this mail carefully and let us know right away if any information is wrong. This will help you avoid payment delays.
If you are not eligible:
You will receive a
Notice of Determination
(DE 2517) and an
Appeal Form
(DE 1000A). They will include instructions about
how to appeal
this decision.
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Step 4: Review Benefit Documents
1
Get Your Information in Order
2
Apply
3
Have a Medical Certification Completed
4
Review Benefit Documents
5
Receive Your First Payment
6
Manage Benefits
7
End Your Benefits
Carefully read and quickly respond to requests for more information.
After you submit your disability application, we will mail important documents to you in about two weeks. To avoid any confusion, read the documents we mail to you very carefully. Let us know right away if any information is wrong, such as wages, dates, or missing employers.
Notice of Computation
(DE 429D)
This form includes your potential weekly benefit amount. It does not mean you are eligible for Disability benefits. Review immediately and contact us to correct any errors to avoid payment delays.
Note:
There is a seven-day unpaid waiting period before benefits start. Your payment starts on the eighth day.
Electronic Benefit Payment Notification
(DE 2500E)
If you are eligible for benefits, you will receive this form. It includes important information about your benefit payments.
Request for Eligibility Information for Disability Insurance
(DE 4365DI)/
Request for Additional Information
(DE 2566)
If you applied by mail (or we can’t immediately verify your identity), you may receive one of these forms. Visit
Acceptable Documents for Verification
to learn how to avoid further delays.
Disability Claim Continuing Eligibility Certification
(DE 2593)
Sent after 5 payments
if you get automatic payments
. Fill out and return this form to confirm your disability. If you don’t return it, your benefits will stop.
Claim for Continued Disability Benefits
(DE 2500A)
Sent every two weeks or up until the estimated return to work date
if you don’t get automatic payments
. Complete and return this form to confirm your disability. If you don’t return it, your benefits will stop.
Note:
The quickest way to submit the DE 2593 or DE 2500A is through
myEDD
if you have an account. You must return these forms to us within 20 days of the date on the document.
Read all of this mail carefully and let us know right away if any information is wrong. This will help you avoid payment delays.
If you are not eligible:
You will receive a
Notice of Determination
(DE 2517) and an
Appeal Form
(DE 1000A). They will include instructions about
how to appeal
this decision.
Back to Step 3
Go to Step 5
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منابع اللغة (Arabic)
լեզվական ռեսուրսները (Armenian)
منابع زبان (Farsi)
भाषा संसाधन (Hindi)
言語ソース (Japanese)
언어 자료 (Korean)
ធនធានភាសា (Mon-Khmer [Cambodian])
ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਸਰੋਤ (Punjabi)
Языковые ресурсы (Russian)
语言资源 (Simplified Chinese)
Recursos en otros idiomas (Spanish)
Mga Resource ng Wika (Tagalog)
แหล่งข้อมูลด้านภาษา (Thai)
語言資源 (Traditional Chinese)
Nguồn Hỗ Trợ Ngôn Ngữ (Vietnamese)