Originally Posted by bdh1

I've been waiting since Jan. 2011 for a decision on my reconsideration appeal for SSDI. I received a letter from SS titled YOUR TEMPORARY PASSWORD REQUEST CODE, which I didn't request. It said, if you are a new beneficiary, make sure you have received your notice of payment or your first benefit payment before you get your password, this will expire Nov 30. Well, the letter was dated a week prior to my receiving it, so I went ahead and logged in and created a permanent password. I was able to see my monthly benefit amount and they would be paid on the 3rd of the month, also they said I was being put on medicare and pay $115 a month (I'm 44 yrs old) but my original claim was filed 9/2009.
My question is, does this mean I was approved even though I haven't received a "notice of benefits" in the mail yet?
Thanks for any help anyone may have.