I am going to be filing for disability for my son who is 20. He has chronic intractable, daily migraine headaches. They started at age 15. We filed originally when he was 17 but he was denied and we did not appeal at that time. However, he has gotten significantly worse to the point where he cannot go to college or work even part time. He has only had two short-term part-time jobs so we will be filing under my earnings record (my husband is a minister and opted out of social security for tax purposes). I am already on disability myself for RSD/CRPS (entire upper body and internal organ involvement), Sjogren's Syndrome, gastroparesis, chronic fatigue syndrome, and SVT (Supraventricular Tachycardia). My question is can we both draw off of my earnings record? Just as a side note, my son has also been diagnosed with bipolar but we do not plan on filing under this as his case is so mild that it does not interfere with his day-to-day activities most of the time. In fact, we have questioned the diagnosis since it was made. Is this a mistake? Should we include this as a disability?
Cricket183