Overland Park, Kansas
Overland Park and Johnson County Social Security Disability Attorneys
An Overland Park or Olathe disability hearing is generally handled by the Topeka hearing office, not the Kansas City hearing office across the state line. Social Security's office locator assigns Overland Park, Olathe, Lenexa, Shawnee, Leawood and the other Johnson County ZIP codes in the sample below to one field office, Johnson County, at 15375 W 95th St in Lenexa, and that field office is on the Topeka hearing office's list.
Downard & Associates represents adults in Johnson County, Wyandotte County and across Kansas in Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims, from the application through reconsideration, the hearing and Appeals Council review. Our attorneys work by phone or video from Lebanon, Tennessee, and we charge no fee unless you win.
How we help
SSDI and SSI Claims We Handle for Johnson County Clients
For adults, SSDI and SSI share one definition of disability.
SSDI is paid on your own work that paid into Social Security, and SSI is needs-based, with limits on income and countable resources. For adults, SSDI and SSI share one definition of disability. The steps after a denial and the deadlines for each are set by federal regulation, so they are the same on both sides of the state line, though the federal appeals court whose rulings a judge follows differs: the Tenth Circuit for Kansas and the Eighth Circuit for Missouri. Our Kansas disability lawyer page covers the state's two hearing offices.
Downard has no Kansas office. Our consultations are by phone or video, and our attorneys handle hearings from Tennessee the same way. We represent adults, age 18 and older. We take SSDI cases for people who receive VA benefits, but VA claims and VA appeals are outside our practice, and so are continuing disability review and cessation cases and cases about back pay alone. Federal court appeals are referred to affiliated counsel.
Hearing office
Why a Johnson County Hearing Goes to Topeka Instead of Kansas City
The data behind Social Security's hearing office locator gives the Topeka hearing office's address as Suite A, 3712 SW Burlingame, Topeka, KS 66609, and lists six Kansas field offices for it: Emporia, Johnson County, Kansas City Kansas (KcK), Lawrence, Manhattan and Topeka. The Kansas City, Missouri hearing office at Suite 910, 2300 Main lists only Missouri field offices, so a Kansas metro claim goes to Topeka when the claimant's ZIP code is assigned to a field office on Topeka's list.
At least one Kansas town crosses the other way. The locator assigns Atchison (66002) to the St. Joseph, Missouri field office, which is on the Kansas City, Missouri hearing office's list that our Missouri disability lawyer page covers. Topeka, Lawrence, Manhattan and Emporia ZIP codes are on our Topeka disability lawyer page.
Social Security's operations manual says hearing office jurisdiction is determined by the claimant's residence address, though you can ask, in a signed statement giving your reasons, to have a case transferred, and Social Security decides whether to do it. Social Security's hearings manual also lets it reassign some cases to another hearing office to relieve a temporary workload imbalance or increase productivity, only when the other office can hear and decide them more quickly. Such a reassignment generally does not happen when you have objected in writing on time to both a phone hearing and an agency video hearing, have not agreed to online video, and have not changed your residence, and Social Security generally still honors a timely written objection after a move if doing so causes no added delay and there is no other reason to schedule the hearing another way. When a case is reassigned for these reasons, the office that receives it notifies you and your representative. Our hearing office directory lists every office with its field offices. For an in-person or agency video hearing, the Notice of Hearing names the place, so go by that notice for your own case.
Johnson county zip codes
Johnson County ZIP Codes Assigned to the Lenexa Field Office
The Social Security office locator assigns each address to a field office by ZIP code, so the city names below are only a guide. These are a sample, and the locator can change, so check your own ZIP code before relying on it.
Overland Park and Leawood: 66204, 66207, 66209, 66210, 66211, 66212, 66213, 66221 and 66223; and 66206 and 66224 (Leawood).
Olathe, Lenexa and Shawnee: 66061 and 66062 (Olathe); 66215, 66219 and 66220 (Lenexa); and 66216, 66217, 66218 and 66226 (Shawnee).
Northeast and southern Johnson County: 66208 (Prairie Village); 66202 and 66205 (Mission, Merriam, Roeland Park); 66030 (Gardner); 66083 (Spring Hill); and 66018 (De Soto).
Every ZIP code in that list is assigned to the Johnson County field office at 15375 W 95th St, Lenexa, KS 66219.
Wyandotte and leavenworth
Kansas City, Kansas and Leavenworth Claims at the Nebraska Avenue Office
The locator assigns Kansas City, Kansas ZIP codes, including 66101 through 66106, 66109, 66111 and 66112, to the Kansas City KS field office at 850 Nebraska Ave,, along with Bonner Springs (66012), Leavenworth (66048), Fort Leavenworth (66027), Tonganoxie (66086) and Linwood (66052). Kansas City Kansas (KcK) is on the Topeka hearing office's list too, so a Wyandotte or Leavenworth County hearing request generally goes to Topeka as well.
South of Johnson County, the locator assigns Paola (66071), Louisburg (66053) and Osawatomie (66064) in Miami County to the Lawrence field office rather than to Lenexa. Lawrence is also on the Topeka list.
Local treatment records
Records From AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, the University of Kansas Health System and the Leavenworth VA
With your permission, Social Security makes every reasonable effort to get records from your own medical sources, which 20 CFR 404.1512(b)(1) (416.912(b)(1) for SSI) defines as an initial request to each source and, if the records have not arrived, one follow-up request 10 to 20 calendar days later. You must still tell it about or submit all evidence you know of, so a list of every provider and your own copies help close gaps.
AdventHealth Shawnee Mission: AdventHealth's Shawnee Mission medical records page says formal copies can be requested through the Sharing Hub in MyChart or through Datavant, its records partner, and that legacy records and behavioral health records go through Datavant, while legal, insurance and other requests go through ChartSwap. It says records are normally delivered within 7 to 10 business days. It does not charge for records sent to another health care provider for your care, does not typically charge for copies for your own personal use in support of your care, and charges a reasonable processing fee, as allowed by state law, for all other requests.
The University of Kansas Health System: the health system's medical records page takes requests through MyChart, or on its Patient-Directed Request form sent by fax to 913-588-2495, by email to ROI@KUMC.edu or by mail to Health Information Management, 4000 Cambridge St. MS 9345, Kansas City, KS 66160. It says records going to a third party, such as an insurance company or attorney, cannot be requested through MyChart, that there may be a charge for those copies, and that questions go to 913-588-2454, with in-person visits by appointment only. Olathe Health is now part of the health system, but its records page still lists a separate Release of Information office at Olathe Medical Center, Doctors Building 1, Suite 370, 20333 W. 151st St., phone 913-791-4331, and says only some clinics' records for care after May 15, 2024 go through the University of Kansas Health System.
VA Eastern Kansas (Leavenworth): the VA's medical records office page lists a Release of Information office at the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Main Hospital, A Wing, 3rd Floor, Room A320, 4101 4th Street Trafficway, Leavenworth, open weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. A signed VA Form 10-5345a, the form for a copy of your own records, can be mailed to 2200 SW Gage Blvd, Topeka, KS 66622, and the page says a request may take up to 20 business days to process.
Hearings and deadlines
Hearing Format and Appeal Deadlines for an Overland Park Disability Claim
To object in writing to a phone or agency video hearing, after you receive the Notice of Ways to Attend a Hearing
30days
20 CFR 404.936(d), 416.1436(d)
After a hearing request, Social Security sends a Notice of Ways to Attend a Hearing, and its ways to attend page lists four: in person or by agency video at one of its offices, and by phone or online video from a private location you choose. Under 20 CFR 404.936 and, for SSI, 20 CFR 416.1436, an objection to a phone hearing, an agency video hearing, or both must be made in writing within 30 days after you receive that notice. If you do not object, Social Security can schedule a phone or agency video hearing, though it can also schedule you in person or, if you agree, by online video; if you object to only one of those two formats, it can schedule you in person, by the other format, or by online video if you agree, and if you object to both, it generally schedules you in person or, if you agree, by online video. Online video is used only if you agree to it in writing, and a late objection or agreement needs good cause. If you move while the hearing request is pending, Social Security decides how you appear and can schedule a phone or agency video hearing despite an objection, though it considers the move only if you send evidence of your new residence; it can also use a phone hearing in a few other situations the rule lists. Our guide to hearing formats explains each choice and when Social Security moves a case to another office, and our disability hearings page describes the hearing itself.
A reconsideration request is due in writing within 60 days after you receive a denial, under 20 CFR 404.909 for SSDI and 20 CFR 416.1409 for SSI, and a hearing request after a reconsideration denial has its own 60 days under 20 CFR 404.933 and 20 CFR 416.1433. Social Security treats a notice as received 5 days after the date on the notice unless you show it came later, under 20 CFR 404.901 and 20 CFR 416.1401. A late request needs a written request for more time and good cause, so call us the week a denial arrives.
Common questions
Overland Park and Olathe Disability Claim Questions
I live in Overland Park. Is my hearing in Kansas City or Topeka?
Generally Topeka. The locator assigns Overland Park ZIP codes to the Johnson County field office in Lenexa, which is on the Topeka hearing office's list. The Kansas City, Missouri hearing office lists only Missouri field offices. The Notice of Hearing states how and where you appear.
Do Olathe and Overland Park use the same Social Security field office?
Yes. The locator assigns Olathe's ZIP codes, 66061 and 66062, and the Overland Park ZIP codes to the same Johnson County field office at 15375 W 95th St, Lenexa. That office handles applications and other field office business; it is not where hearings are held.
Does an Atchison, Kansas claim go to the Topeka hearing office?
Generally not. The locator assigns Atchison (66002) to the St. Joseph, Missouri field office, which is on the Kansas City, Missouri hearing office's list.
Can I get my AdventHealth Shawnee Mission records sent to my lawyer?
AdventHealth's records page lists legal, insurance and other requests under ChartSwap, and MyChart and Datavant as the ways to request your own records. It charges a reasonable processing fee, as allowed by state law, for requests other than records sent to another provider for your care or copies for your own personal use in support of your care. Social Security can also request records itself once you give it permission.
Discuss your claim
Start an Overland Park Claim Review by Phone or Video
Call (615) 255-4307 or use the free review form, and expect a response within 3 business hours. Keep your Social Security letters and the dates you received them nearby, along with the names of the doctors, clinics and hospitals that have treated you.