[Pokeno]

Hello Everyone:

I want to thank everyone who posted tips on applying for SSDI. I found the posts extremely helpful when I applied for benefits last spring. I pored over them prior to filling out my application. As a result, it took a little less than 6 months from the time I filed my initial application to being approved!. I know there is no way this would have happened had I not read and followed the tips in this section.

One tip I found very useful was to describe how my disability fluculates and impacts me differently on different days. I also found it important not to use words such as "I never do or I can't do...", but rather to state "I find it difficult to do..."

One interesting thing that happened was that they moved my disability date back 5 months to when I turned 55, rather than use my application date. The down side is that I have to wait longer for Medicare to take effect. Their reasoning was that at 55 there is less of a chance I can be rehabilitated or re-trained for another type of job.

Thank you all again for the invaluable tips!

Pokeno

[don1956]

Originally Posted by Pokeno

Hello Everyone:

I want to thank everyone who posted tips on applying for SSDI. I found the posts extremely helpful when I applied for benefits last spring. I pored over them prior to filling out my application. As a result, it took a little less than 6 months from the time I filed my initial application to being approved!. I know there is no way this would have happened had I not read and followed the tips in this section.

One tip I found very useful was to describe how my disability fluculates and impacts me differently on different days. I also found it important not to use words such as "I never do or I can't do...", but rather to state "I find it difficult to do..."

One interesting thing that happened was that they moved my disability date back 5 months to when I turned 55, rather than use my application date. The down side is that I have to wait longer for Medicare to take effect. Their reasoning was that at 55 there is less of a chance I can be rehabilitated or re-trained for another type of job.

Thank you all again for the invaluable tips!

Pokeno

same exact thing happen to me .word for wordi turned 55 in august and that when i to got approved

[LIT LOVE]

This is due to the "grid rules." Giving up a bit of backpay will often make sense. If you're borderline for approval, additional documentation can often be quite helpful as well.