I believe I asked this before. But if one on SSDI is still taking their medication for what they were approved for, seeing docs on a regular basis and not working. Do they still have to be concerned of possibly losing their benefits?

Possibly. The short OCR form is reviewed by a computer. If you fill it out properly, take your meds, regularly see a doc, claim your condition is unchanged, do no work, in most cases you'll get the letter stating your benefits will continue.

If it gets kicked by an error, than human judgement comes into play. You might get the long form, which you're supposed to treat as if it's your initial application. You might get sent back to SS docs again.

Having to deal with the long form would be as fun as having a root canal IMO.

The CDR link explains all this in-depth.

So if one gets the long form, its like re-applying all over again? Even though one was already approved and following doctors orders?

You're supposed to treat it that way, yes.

I see you found my SHOCKING thread. You'll find the CDR statistics there as well under the DDS section. I thought very few people lost benefits once approved. The numbers are rising. SSDI beneficiaries fare better with CDRs than those collecting SSI.

Look at AZ for example. 25% lose SSDI, 40% lose SSI after a CDR. Yikes

I am a little confused with the reccomendations involving the 6 question form. I seen where it was reccomended that you state your last doctor visit as being for your original diagnosis. My question is this should I put my last visit date as the one for this on the form which would be over 6 months ago or should I put my last visit as the one earlier this month but for a different reason?


Thanks John

Welcome big-john.