Are you saying his case has been in review since May 4th? Or is that the date he applied?

He originally applied for SSDI back in Oct 2010, he won his case and a day later- March 4th 2011 is when is went to the Quality Review board. Sorry If i wrote may, I'm so tired, stressed and depressed over here. One sec we feel he won, the very next day- in quality review!

When my case was under review I was asking the same questions that you are. Over and over I was told about a little known secret about the quality review board. Not only do they review approvals more often than denials, but the chances of an approval being overturned by the review board were very slim. Keep us informed and may the luck of the Irish be with you and your husband.

untilthebell, did your husband receive any moneys at all, a monthly check or medicare benefit card?

No. We found out thru calling the 800 ssa # that he was approved, but seconds later the ssa phone representative said- oh your husbands case is now in Quality Review board. We didnt receive anything. Some websites say that its 50/50 now, we could be denied! Which is horrible! SSA only seems to investigate approvals thru the quality review, not the denials from what im hearing.

Scary! Stressful and unreal!!

untilthebell, I understand what you are going through. My wife is very ill and it took nearly 4 years for her approval. She finally saw a judge last Nov. and was approved on the spot. She was also awarded 3.5 years back pay. She has received her monthly check and medicare but its been months with no luck on the retro pay. It could be that SS is stalling or perhaps slowing down the process of paying out social security insurance payments, finding every excuse in the book. I hope not and pray that your husband and yourself will find peace soon. The stress can be overwhelming.

for the latest year i could find on the ssa site, 2007 ,the quality review rate of finding error in a decision was 3%. so whoever is telling you 50-50 is unreliable.