I too want to add that to get SSDI benefits, you do NOT have to have assets under $2000. To get Medicaid and SSI, your countable resources do have to be under $2000 but not for SSDI. And since SSDI and SSI are federal programs, the rules are the same in all 50 states.

For BRETD, there are approvals on remands. Don't know if you will be one of them. The ALJ will have to address the errors found by the Appeals Council in the next decision. So it depends upon how severe those errors are. This is absolutely the time to have a good lawyer since they are making a legal evaluation of your medical evidence.