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Originally Posted by ptcs
When you collect unemployment, you have to say you are ready and willing to work and activly seek employment. When you apply for SSDI, you say you can't work. It's a contradiction. I was advised by my social services caseworker to stop drawing unemployment before you apply for SSDI.
I applied for SSDI 1 yr after my accident, which I was receiving unemployment during that 1 yr period. My backpay was approved for that same period (minus the 5 mos., of course) and paying back unemployment hasn't been a issue.
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when i filed for ssd i put my only source of income as unemployment. i was approved