okay dh has finally decided he will try and fill out for disability..

**mh3rdwheel** · 06-29-2011, 09:19 PM

My husband was told the same thing, the first time we went before the judge he came up from Morgantown, WV he was an a**hole, the next time we went before the judge we went to Morgantown, they were really friendly, while my husband was talking to his attorney before the hearing the judge's secretary came out and wanted to talk to the attorney and offered my husband full disability if he went back to June 2008 we took it.

We are gratefull. It was a long hard drawnout fight, but we won.

**Anna43** · 06-29-2011, 10:30 PM

My sister sometimes gets very distressed with the process especially when someone dies while waiting approval or someone she feels should be approved isn't.

Of course, we all know people who receive benefits that shouldn't -- total fakes. I had a lady in my office last year who was trying to get disability for a bad back and it certainly appeared to me that she was faking. My dh has a bad back and so do a lot of my clients and in my opinion she didn't...she kept forgetting to hurt and then went back into her act.

The not having all the medical information is a common reason for being turned down. It happened with my f-i-l where SS thought his disability was low blood sugar which was an early diagnosis but the real problem was blockage in the arteries to the brain back before there was a surgery to correct it. Once they got the right medical diagnosis he was approved.

**mh3rdwheel** · 06-30-2011, 07:22 AM

A friend of mine Geoffrey had been fighting for disability for 10 years and he finally got it a year ago and then less then a month later he was found dead in bed. Geff's anniversary is coming up Sunday.

I miss him still, he was only 42.

**miss_cas** · 06-30-2011, 05:53 PM

Start at SSA.gov. Spend a couple of hours filling out on line form.
If you have below $2k in accounts (IRA/401K included), you get SSI ($700 a month) after a couple of months.
You can file for food stamps and medicaid now.
SSDI determinations take 3-5 months. You will be denied the first time you try. File again.
You qualify for medicare after 2 years on SSDI.
You can get student loans forgiven if you get on SSDI.
Families get bigger SSDI checks. Make sure you mention any kids.

**Anna43** · 06-30-2011, 08:17 PM

Also if you get SSI and Medicaid -- Medicaid will go back and pick up 6 months medical bills. I was payee for d-i-l and they did that for her medical bills which were huge.

**mh3rdwheel** · 07-01-2011, 07:37 PM

Every year I get a statement as does my husband from SS, it shows how many work credits you have, what you need to retire, and if you have enugh credits for medicare.

My husband's said he had enough for Medicare, he was just approved for SSDI, and guess what, we have not received a payment but already in todays mail was my DHs Medicare card, I was astounded because I was told that he would have to wait 2 years. I checked it out and yes he is able to use it now with his Medicaid card.