If you get SSDI before the wc claim goes to court you will have to pay SS back out of the monies you get from WC. But in my State (Oregon) you have to be disabled for 1 whole year before you can get SSD. So my SSD was just yesterday denied. So I got appeal papers. i will appeal their decision of denial. It will take another 90 10 120 days for them to make a decision on the appeal. which will take me out to the year required by SSD. Right now I am getting long term disability from my work. They want money if the Wc goes through. Which my hearing is July 11th 2007. Unless they postpone again. I will have to take all the money paid to me from long term from my WC claim if it goes through. Seems like a pretty vicious cycle. But everyone wants their money back. It comes down to its really WC being to blame. I personally had no idea it was this bad. When I got hurt I was so scared that I began having chest pains. now I am on nitro.