i agreed to an amended onset date. lost 7 months. the reason for the amended onset date was a positive nerve conduction study for peripheral neuropathy. what i find ironic about the amended onset date is that the test confirmed that i had peripheral neuropathy on that date but the degree of the nerve damage that was found showed that i had had significant nerve damage for quite a while before that test. the damage doesnt just happen overnight. and i was removed from my job by my employer 17 months before the test because i was not physically able to do it anymore. But sometimes a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. If I didnt accept the amended onset date and appealed then i was exposing myself to the possibility that i could lose altogether.