Originally Posted by Janke

SSI does not require any work history. SSDI does. SSI is a low income disability program. Your wife's wages may or may not make you ineligible.

Best solution? APPLY! Fill out all the forms. Completely. Thoroughly. Before the end of April 2010. Start today. You may be denied. Your neuropathy may be serious enough for you to be found disabled. But your wife's money will always matter as long as you live together or she gives you money.

Start with the Social Security Administration. Call 1-800-772-1213 and get an appointment. Complete an online disability report at socialsecurity.gov. Since you have a prescription, you must have some treating medical source. The more evidence you have the better, but it is possible to be approved with minimum evidence when you have a severe problem. Or you may be denied. At least you will have an answer.

Apply. If you are denied, consider getting a representative and file an appeal. You have already lost potential months of payment because you have not applied. Waiting longer means losing more potential months of payment.