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In reply to the discussion: After 4 years of waiting...I have been approved for SSDI!! [View all]Purveyor
(29,876 posts)52. Know one right down the road from me. Didn't even apply before 'lawyering up', with one of those
that advertise on TV.
'Allow' first time submitted. Now pulling in 2800 a month and doing drywall jobs on the side just because he is 'bored' and needs to get out of the house and his 'old lady'...
Indeed this is happening, in spades.
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I think I only heard recently that there is a long time period to qualify.
LiberalFighter
Dec 2012
#1
Very glad for you and your family and there will be a retroactive payment coming. So glad you had
freshwest
Dec 2012
#38
Other than the union's help, keeping good records, getting 2nd and 3rd opinions, and being
alfredo
Dec 2012
#62
Excellent advice. Never trust that anything involving the government is ever finished. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#63
I have a similar diagnosis. Herniation/tears at L4-L5 and L1-L2 and stenosis due to arthritis plus
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#57
Not really. Morphine can dull the pain, but it is never really gone. I can only sleep
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#55
Thanks for the kind sentiments. I try to stay upbeat. I have a naturally sunny disposition, which
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#58
Thanks for the information above and in the other post. This is what I'm dealing with now.
PATXgirl
Dec 2012
#60
Thanks. I'm not going back to him. I left so frustrated yesterday and this isn't the first time he
PATXgirl
Dec 2012
#66
I'd say you're doing the right thing. What will happen over time is that the painful episodes
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#67
Thanks so much for all he info and advice. It helps to talk to someone who has been there and done t
PATXgirl
Dec 2012
#69
Yes, I'm noticing the government is getting poised to launch another War, this time on
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#82
I have tried pot a few times, but unfortunately I don't like the effect it has on me.
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#47
Good for you!!!!!!!!. Took me almost five years to get SSDI. Many years ago I worked as a claims
firenewt
Dec 2012
#15
Congradulations. Hopefully you will get what they owe you for the time you started
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#25
I would believe that back in the day there could have been significant fraud. But as the system
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#50
Know one right down the road from me. Didn't even apply before 'lawyering up', with one of those
Purveyor
Dec 2012
#52
$2800 per month??? That sounds awfully high. I'm 57, and I was a high wage earner for
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#68
This is a ridiculously inappropriate response to the OP. Your scammy, sleazy pal has nothing
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2012
#73
Make sure that from here on out you ask for, and receive, all medical notes from
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#51