Originally Posted by Janke

What you think is obvious, what I think is obvious has zero to do with what SSA considers obvious, which is pretty much nothing is obvious and everything has to be proved. If you haven't seen a doctor in 10 years, you are self-diagnosing and that never works during a Continuing Disability Review. You have been lucky that a CDR was not done. That luck may not last forever.

I thought you said you had just started receiving benefits but perhaps I misunderstood because you talk about reviews in the last 10 years. Were you getting SSI only and then SSA discovered that you should have been getting SSDI? So it could be that SSA figured out that you were insured for SSDI and only recently took the SSDI application and only recently entitled you and then used then adopted the disability decision on the SSI claim and not have had to again prove disability. That is also called a legal term collateral estoppel (may have spelled that wrong).

I was referring to reporting the income that your wife already receives since it could affect your SSI benefits. It is also possible that she doesn't make enough from her jobs or whatever she uses to support herself.

If she wants to file a claim for spousal benefits on SSDI and you want to file for the ten children the two of you have and , she needs to make an appointment and bring everyone's birth certificates, proof of who has custody and the marriage certificate. If these are stepchildren to you, you have to prove that you supported them in the past. You may not be able to prove that. Also, not all SSDI cases result in a family maximum that is over the amount paid to you. Sometimes children and spouses get zero. In those stacks of letters you have received, perhaps there is a denial letter for spousal or children benefits.

SSDI is not a welfare program so there are no provisions for what you need or want to support your 12 person family. If there is not enough income from the parents, then the choice is other welfare benefits like TANF.

If you have been to the SSA office scores of times, the likelihood is that everything has been sorted out correctly but you don't like the results or don't understand them.

Originally Posted by NoCmpassion

No. I got everything the same day. SSDI and SSI. No clue about all the other things you were talking about.

Where does my wife work? How do we get her money?

SSDI does not have spousal benefits. It is just the opposite. It is spousal deduction. Which makes no sense.

We have 3 kids. Not 10. And no number of children give you "spousal benefits".

Why should we receive a denial letter for something we never filed for? Or for something that does not exist?

If you are on either SSDI or SSI, you automatically are disqualified from from programs like TANF.

What is it I do not understand? Or do not like? I came here for help. It seems you are the one who needs assistance...

Originally Posted by Jo*mar

I suggest you find your paperwork, or call the offices you have talked with and ask for copies of your paperwork.
Then you will know more about your case/claim/status.
Or signing up online might be an option to see your records/paperwork.

There just isn't enough basic info on your case/claim for anyone to help you, so we can't really answer your questions.

Originally Posted by NoCmpassion

You paperwork does not state your disability on it. I think that would be discrimination per ADA.

Neither does one's online account.

Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

When an applicant is awarded a Fully Favorable decision, it states what disability or disabilities qualified them for benefits.

Originally Posted by ssdirecipient

My award letter gave no indication of the reason for why I was being given disability. I can only guess, I have a long psychiatric history with a laundry list of maladies ranging from bi polar to major depression, narcolepsy, anxiety, social phobia it goes on and on but on no paperwork from SSA did it ever say expressly what reason I was considered disabled.

Originally Posted by ssdirecipient

My award letter gave no indication of the reason for why I was being given disability. I can only guess, I have a long psychiatric history with a laundry list of maladies ranging from bi polar to major depression, narcolepsy, anxiety, social phobia it goes on and on but on no paperwork from SSA did it ever say expressly what reason I was considered disabled.

Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

When an applicant is awarded a Fully Favorable decision, it states what disability or disabilities qualified them for benefits.

Originally Posted by echoes long ago

https://s044a90.ssa.gov/apps10/poms....1!opendocument

try it again. i has a lot of important information. its definitely a social security official site.


8. “Scanline” data

The scannable mailer includes barcoded information as well as three lines of scannable data on the front of the mailer, immediately below the telephone number and claim number. These scanlines contain substantial information:
Scanline 1 –
Field 1 – Social Security Number under which the mailer is being controlled

Field 2 – Beneficiary Identification Code (BIC) (Title II), or

Individual Recipient Identification code (ID) (Title XVI)

Field 3 – Year of beneficiary's birth

Field 4 – Year of most recent prior CDR

Field 5 – Primary and Secondary Diagnosis Codes


Scanline 2 –
Field 1 – Medical Diary Reason/Type

Field 2 – Concurrent Entitlement information

Field 3 – Profile Type (High, Medium, or Low)

Field 4 – Profiling SCORE (9999 is highest)

Field 5 – Report Period covered by the mailer

Field 6 – Scanning Form Identification Code (SFIC) (describes if it is a first or second request mailer, whether it is Title II, concurrent, or Title XVI-only, and whether the beneficiary prefers a non-English language notice).

Field 7 – Servicing Processing Center

Field 8 – Servicing State Agency/DDS code

Field 9 – Servicing Field Office (FO) Code


Scanline 3 –
Field 1 – Servicing FO City Name

Field 2 – Servicing FO State

Field 3 – Servicing FO ZIP CODE