I filed in January of 08 and was approved in May...I started the initial claim and then in March I signed up with Allsup..boy am I glad I did. I am the only person I know that got SSDI that quickly. They messed up the checks for the first three months, in fact they overpaid me but wouldn't hear of it, who I am to call foul on them? Anyway it'll all get straightened out with you rather quickly now. Congratulations!