Originally Posted by Martg1946

Hi everyone, I have RSD and was actually approved for SSDI..I also had to retire and am getting my husband's (he's deceased) SS...I was approved for medical and non medical. I was told by the lady handling my case (she has worked there for 33 years) that I would get about $200.00 more a month..in addition to my SS retirement...she is Family Medical Leave for 6 weeks and I called yesterday and was told, I was approved for SSDI but my widow's benefits (retirement) was more than disability..I thought you got disability in addition to widow's benefits!! I think I am just going to wait until the lady gets back in 4 more weeks and call and ask her. Stress makes my RSD worse. Thanks for listening to me..