To Bama: You may want to check out two sites 1. My Social Security Blog and Social Security Disability Coalition there a ton on information on these sites that might help you expedite your claim. There is also a great deal of information here and it seems a lot of people, because they don't know what the rules are do not fill out the first application correctly there some good ideas here on how to do that.

I contacted my Congressman in person as there office is only a few miles from my house. I had typed up a one page summary report and had a copy of my Fully Favorable Deceicion letter witch I gave to the Congressmans aid and ask her if that was enough information as I have 4 file boxes of documentation over the last four years.

I wanted to know why this claim had not been processed and I wanted to know now no excuses. I went in the following week with some addictional information she had requested.

The third week I started calling and requesting a progess report on the status of my claim and I let them know that the Social Security office where dragging their feet on this issue of not paying my back payment.

The forth week there were 100 demonstrators in front of The Congressmans Office picketing for Health Care Reform they made the six o'clock news, so I did not call that week.

I received half of my back pay the following week. Round 2.

I know from my own experience that getting my Congressman involved in this process expedited the back payment issue and if I had not done this I would still be waiting for my back payment check.

I will be writing my Congressman and Senator once a week for the 750.000 disabled people that are waiting to go before an ALJ to have there case decided. My case should have been decided Fully Favorable 4 years ago and that was the ALJ decision after he reviewed the documentation.

Be pro active and vote and let these people know you vote and this issue of the SSA dragging there feet and not paying the disability insurance, that we paid for is not going to go away.

Hope this was helpful and don't give up. Jeffn

PS: No one wants to be disabled. I was hit by a Drunck Driver riding my motor cycle home from work circumstances beyond my controll.