Well said, finz.

At 50 and 55 respectively, SS lowers the standards slightly required for approval. Depending on the OP's hubby's education and work history, he maybe only had to prove that he could no longer perform the same work. There are so many different factors with every case that are unique, that taking a general recommendation from another applicant and trying to apply it to a different scenario is generally not a good idea. As applicants we have ideas of what we assume will make (or made) a difference based on logic, BUT the process is a medical legal decision. For those that are approved early the process can seem very easy, but for those that don't provide the needed information for their SPECIFIC scenario, the process can be drawn out over YEARS. For many applicants, as finz stated, they have to prove that they not only are unable to work at any job, but as I found out also jobs that don't even exist in reality, but that are outdated job descriptions from 1985...

Applicants are best served by either researching the SSD process at length themselves or finding exceptional representation that won't draw the process out (even though they are financially rewarded for doing so.)