Mike, my wife's lawyer told me we have 30 days to straighten it out. All week I've been in contact with my wife's former employer, a very very large defense contractor. What we need to prove is whether pay she received 8 months before she filed for SSDI was short term disability, not hours worked. Her W-2 does not state it was STD but "retirement" instead. We've given the employer her SS#, her company ID number but instead they want her pin number which Suzy has forgotten after 4 years. They are mailing us the pin number just in case we're fakes. We'll use this pin number to aquire accurate records. However, yesterday they did mail a copy of the original letter of benefit sent to Suzy stating she will receive 6 months of short term disability at her full salary dated Jan. 2007. I faxed it to the lawyer hoping that may be enough proof. One other comment told to me from the lawyer who said SS felt that so called short term pay sounded way too much to be STD. Depending how long you've worked for this outfit they will and did pay Suzy full pay for 6 months then she was terminated.

I do have a question. My wife said she does recall, when filling out the application for SSDI, that a question was posed to her wether she was receiving or had received disability pay in which she stated yes. Does any one recall if that is one of the questions asked in the interview or application process, because it sounds like it should be asked in order to avoid this mess which only cropped up now, not at any previous rejections.