[untilthebell]

My husband is already on SSDI for Epilepsy and Reactive Arthritis. For the past few months his stomach has been bothering him, so long story short he was just diagnosed with Irritable Bowel and Diverticulosis. The doctor prescibed 2 more meds.

My question is- Do we ( those on SSDI ) call and tell SSA about new conditions now? Or should my husband just wait until his CDR and say his condtion/health is worse? When you say worse, does that trigger a long form?

Any info would be great!

Hope you all are well!!

[Mz Migraine]

Originally Posted by untilthebell

My question is- Do we ( those on SSDI ) call and tell SSA about new conditions now? Or should my husband just wait until his CDR and say his condtion/health is worse? When you say worse, does that trigger a long form?

Any info would be great!

Hope you all are well!!

Check out: How Difficult is it to Pass a Social Security Disability Re-Evaluation (CDR)?

For SSDI you do nothing unless SS asks you to. Any medical info SS needs, will be obtained from your husband's treating physicians as well as himself.

How old is your husband?
What is his CDR schedule?
Asking because some folks never have a review because of age and/or disability. Especially those of use in the 5-7 year range.
I am currently in my 7th year. Never had a CDR & don't expect to ever have one because I am near/at "retirement" age.

[untilthebell]

Thanks for the speedy reply! Actually what scares me is my husband is young and on SSDI. Scared of the CDR's I mean.

He is on SSDI for Epilepsy and Reactive Arthritis. He is 42 now, been on for little over year and half. SSA did originally tell me that they would review him yearly due to his age. As of today, no CDR yet. I'm expecting one soon-i guess?

My husband goes to his doctors as they say he should. He takes his medications as prescribed. And he does not work. Actually due to his seizures he barely can use a computer without getting a seizure.

My husband has brain surgery in 2005 to remove a tumor. The tumor was removed but it left him with seizures.

Originally Posted by Mz Migraine

Check out: How Difficult is it to Pass a Social Security Disability Re-Evaluation (CDR)?

For SSDI you do nothing unless SS asks you to. Any medical info SS needs, will be obtained from your husband's treating physicians as well as himself.

How old is your husband?
What is his CDR schedule?
Asking because some folks never have a review because of age and/or disability. Especially those of use in the 5-7 year range.
I am currently in my 7th year. Never had a CDR & don't expect to ever have one because I am near/at "retirement" age.

[Janke]

Originally Posted by untilthebell

My husband is already on SSDI for Epilepsy and Reactive Arthritis. For the past few months his stomach has been bothering him, so long story short he was just diagnosed with Irritable Bowel and Diverticulosis. The doctor prescibed 2 more meds.

My question is- Do we ( those on SSDI ) call and tell SSA about new conditions now? Or should my husband just wait until his CDR and say his condtion/health is worse? When you say worse, does that trigger a long form?

Any info would be great!

Hope you all are well!!

Wait until the CDR. SSA will do nothing with your report of new condition today. When you get the form, answer the questions honestly.

[Hugapug]

I am new to this forum and I have been on SSDI for 14 years. I got a short form SSA-445-OCR-SM in mail, and as part of my disability, I get confused more easily. Anyway, I think I didn't fill it out correctly. I understand that iot is computer generated, and if computer kicks it out, does that mean I am automatically going to have to have a full review (long form?) My last 3 doctor visity did not have to do with original disablity,, but Idid elaborate on my original disablity in the hand written section. Any information is appreciated. Thanks.

[Hugapug]

Originally Posted by Mz Migraine

Check out:
For SSDI you do nothing unless SS asks you to. Any medical info SS needs, will be obtained from your husband's treating physicians as well as himself.

How old is your husband?
What is his CDR schedule?
Asking because some folks never have a review because of age and/or disability. Especially those of use in the 5-7 year range.
I am currently in my 7th year. Never had a CDR & don't expect to ever have one because I am near/at "retirement" age.

I am 59 and just got the short form CDR SSA-455-OCR-SM. the last review I had was when I was 49 and it was the long form review. Since I am not sure if I filled the form out correctly, I am hoping that the computer doesn't reject it and cause an automatic full long form review? Any information on this is appreciated. Thanks