Thank you, finz. I am still a wreck of corse, my every waking moment is almost consumed by this whole ordeal. So much stress. Soooo much stress.

I was wondering about anyone with expereince with OTR...I haven't heard anything about it still as of yet. do you know if they hve to tell me somethine before my ALJ hearing or not?

As this thread seems to be getting off track, I am bumping up the original post.

We would appreciate if this remains on topic going forward please. Thanks.

I had the same situation nicd, my lawyer filed for a on the record decision and I never heard a word about it. I don't know if they send a letter to my lawyer and he just did'nt send it to me, or they just don't send anything unless your approved, with everything I have read that is rare. My very first hearing took almost 2 years. I was denied, appealed to the appeals council, remanded back to the same judge, denied again, and it is now at the appeals council. I wish you the best of luck with your hearing, be honest and tell the judge exactly what you can and cannot due, and what prevents you from doing it. IE: pain, range of motion, zoned out because of meds. Anything that limits you in everyday life. Good Luck.

I was approved by otr but I was 55 when I was approved, took one year to receive my Ssdi, I also had close to a a 40 year work record also. I Los meet a blue book listing 4.12b. So if you don't meet a listing and are young and have a short work record, it's hard to get a otr. If you are young the all wants to see you face to face. A senior attorney at the odar approved me.