I have an update to my case. And a question that I'm hoping someone can answer. Possibly Hoosier Daddy since your situation was similar to mine.

Anyway - I had my hearing before the ALJ on February 3rd, 2010. On March 3rd I had a large lump sum payment in my bank account...so basically 30 days! Can't tell you how excited I was to see that money. And like many other sites have said - I have not yet received my award letter so I have no idea what my monthly benefit will be.

My question for today is this: Does the back pay for my children come separately from my back pay or is it all together? Its frustrating not having the award letter to know what I'm getting. So has anyone had experience getting both their payments and their children's payments? I'm grateful for what was there, but it seemed a little lower than what I thought it would be - thats why I'm wondering if they separated the children from the receipients. pay.