thank you trudi,, i think I will call SSA,,

I did call the SSA yesterday,,I got a very nice girl who looked into my case,, she said my original filing date was sept of 09,, I told her,, I continued to work on and off up to dec of 09,,
She asked some questions and said my date of filing shouldhave beenonthe letter,, I told her it wasent,,, I told her I tried to call my local office,, and she said there hard to get ahold of since they have such a big caseload and few staffers,, anyway,, she said she didnt think me working was going to be a problem,, and that if it was,, it wo0uld come up for review, and in your case that would be in 5 to 7 years,, sionce the SS doctors felt my condition was progressive,, I asked her over and over and over,, is there aprobem with me taking the monthly check,, she said,, NO,, it is not a problem,,
Later I got a call from Binder and Binder,, (she said they were still looking into the matter,, ),, i told her what I did,, and told her I told SS that I had worked, she said,, you should not have said that,, I told her,, Look,, I;m not going to lie about it,, so we ended that conversation with her saying that if it becomes a issue,, to contact them,, so we will see

Congratulations. I agree with you, honesty is always the best policy.

If you make an appointment with SS it takes maybe (depending on where you live) 20 minutes up to 2 hours wait. Find out if B&B filed any paper work with SS asking for backpay, did you get copies? If it was me I'd tell B&B to take a hike. (That's just me) Be careful if you sign anything from B&B from this point on. You might want to talk with your bank. Did you sign to begin with? Let me know. Was there any consideration? OK enough for now I have answered the first 5 or six threads. Let me give somebody else a turn.

How much could Binder and Binder be getting paid anyway? There is no backpay here? This is the least of your problems.

Yes, you have to notify SS you've worked but first I'd write a letter to my attorney about the situation. You need to document this mess and phone calls won't help. I've learned the hard way that advice/info you receive from the 800# is unreliable.

Binder and Binder could end up with up to $6,000 that's a pretty good chunk of change for not doing anything. I do agree with you on the 800 number they just keep whatever information the local office has. I found that each time I called I get a different answer from different people. Always try to keep in touch with your case worker and if they don't call back ask for a supervisor.

Has there been a recent change in the law? Attorney's fees are regulated for disability claims. My attorney would even take cases until after a 1st denial so backpay would accumulate. When I received my Partially Favorable decision it was 25% of the backpay with a cap at $5000 and change.

yes they can now win $6,000

If they think he stopped working in September, it's doubtful his backpay is anywhere near the $24,000 it would have to be for B&B to get $6000

The law changed. It was $5200 cap for attorney's fees. Last year it increased to $6000. But that's the chance you take with contingency agreements. Sometimes the lawyer gets paid a lot for doing nothing, sometimes the lawyer puts in huge amounts of work for a tiny paycheck.