56 year old male
 

i am 56 and have been on ss disability since 2007....i was told in a letter i would be reviewed after 3 years..it has been 4 years and they still have not contacted me. could it possibly be that i will not be reviewed because of my age? i called about a year ago when it was 3 year anniversary and mentioned to them that i was past due for my review. after looking at my chart the woman said you have no review scheduled....did not want to push it and said thank you......could they just have decided that considering my age they are not going to review me...has anyone been reviewd at 56 or older? thanks for any info you can share
mark

I am 56 and been on disability since 2007 with a possible review in 5 to 7 yrs. Its good to hear that you haven't got one scheduled. I'm guessing we might get reviewed maybe one time with the possibility of never getting reviewed. Keep going to your dr(s), save medical records and keep taking your meds. Us older folks aren't priority one with the review board so I wouldn't sweat it.

i hope you are right that we are not priority one .......would just love to hear from more older guys and gals who are in similar places as we are, if they have ever been reviewed between 55 and 59...i know that they have grids that apply for our age group but not sure what that means.....

my pdoc said that everyone gets reviewed at some point. They are most likely backloged.

Take care!!

Never been reviewed.
Approved age: 56 yrs
Current age: 61

Have no intention of making a "why no review call." :D

good to hear... were you a 3 year or 5 to 7 year review? also do you know when your ss disability turns into regular social security? thanks

Don't blame you one bit! I wouldn't make that call either :)

I am in the 5-7 year review.

From my paperwork when I was initially approved, it states as you get close to your "normal" retirement age (which depends on the year of your birth) for "regular social security," you will get a letter asking which one you want - SSDI or SS.
SSDI is a higher amount of $$$ than "regular" SS. So guess which one I will pick? :wink:

Hmmmm... wonder which one you're gonna take..lol

I'm 45 years old and in the 3 year review time frame so I'm sure that I'll get my review letter when it's due. One thing is for sure, if they are as backlogged in reviews as they are in hearings I won't be giving them a call about mine. I'll just wait until they contact me.

Mz Migraine, what I was told by the woman who helped me at my local SS office with my claim is a little different than what you posted, so I looked it up on the SS website.

now I am not sure if she told me correctly. She told me that at retirement, the SSDI converts over to SS, and the amount remains the same. When I read this web page, it sort of sounds like it depends on the year you were born - which determines "Full Retirement Age." I was born in 1958, so I would be full retirement age at 66 and 8 months. Now, if they threaten to take away SSDI before then, say at age 62, and I opt for SS, my benefit would be reduced by 30%.

At least if I understand this correctly....

http://www.ssa.gov/dibplan/dqualify.htm

Yeah, I would think that folks closer to retirement and closer to collecting social security anyways are less likely to be reviewed when there is such a backlog..

I'm 32 and started collecting social security when I was 18 and haven't been reviewed ever.. when I was 18-31 I was collecting SSI, which has now been turned into survivors SSDI.. I was diagnosed with 'schizaffective' (or bipolar with slight schizo tendencies) which was labeled 'improvement not likely' (7 year window).. hopefully cases with 'improvement not likely' attached to them have the same fortune as mature folks in terms of likelihood of CDR.. the backlog issue was real, but I unfortunately heard that the government passed something, like a sum of money to SSA recently to start cutting that backlog (hopefully this is not the case)

This is true. However, regular Social Security (retirement) is less than the SSDI amount.
As you near your "normal" retirement age, you will get a letter (retirement package) from SS advising you that your "current" SSDI amount will convert to "retirement" SS. You will be given a choice of which amount you want, your SSDI or the "normal" SS retirement amount. At least this holds true for "us" Baby Boomers. If the "Disability" laws have changed regarding "retirement funds," "us" Baby Boomers are grandfathered in under the old law. :)

I have to check my paperwork and/or wait until I get my "retirement package from SSDI" to see what they say about "us" Baby Boomers collecting early retirement SS. Do we have a choice? :confused:

Very interesting info...

Full Retirement Age Chart (www.ssa.gov)

The Social Security Administration website (www.ssa.gov) calculates full retirement age or normal retirement age as follows:

Born 1937 or earlier, full retirement age 65

Born 1938, full retirement age 65 and 2 months

Born 1939, full retirement age 65 and 4 months

Born 1940, full retirement age 65 and 6 months

Born 1941, full retirement age 65 and 8 months

Born 1942, full retirement age 65 and 10 months

Born 1943-1954, full retirement age 66

Born 1955, full retirement age 66 and 2 months

Born 1956, full retirement age 66 and 4 months

Born 1957, full retirement age 66 and 6 months

Born 1958, full retirement age 66 and 8 months

Born 1959, full retirement age 66 and 10 months

Born 1960 and later, full retirement age 67