good morning everyone, just needed to vent and give an update on my ssdi status, i just don't understand our american system, i have served god and country every since i was 18 years old until i was wounded in combat in july of 2013, and my life have changed, all my life i have worked worked and worked, until i was unable too due to no fault of my own, i never gotten any government assistance always work and paid my way trhu, but for the life of me i can not fathom how a person like myself and many others like me can not get what we worked for in our time of need, but every day i see my neighbors with many kids and drug addicts getting help from all over with not delay, to prove a point my neighbors who had a heart attack due to drugs use is now receiving ssi he got it with no delay, now here i am about to loose everything get a bunch of red tape, moving on i still have not received any payments back pay or monthly payment from my ssdi i was awarded a fully favorable on 4 jan 2016, i have called the hotline and was told that i will get it when i get it, wow.... i am set up for direct deposit.. last question my ssa online account stills show's nothing of my bnfts payments
it says at this time an estimate of your bnfts can not be given at this time due you have recently applied for ssdi/medicare. do not understand this when i have a fully favorable letter in my hands. help

mroneal

Call your bank once a week to check your DD account. For all you know, your backpay could be already sitting there.

How come you are not entitled to military disability benefits? Asking because you make no mention of applying and/or receiving same.

Some banks , maybe most, you can sign up online and set up email or text alerts for deposits or debits. Then no need to call asking for a balance..
You would get an instant message alerting of any deposit.

I was wondering about any VA benefits/wounded warrior, etc also.
I don't know how that system works/overlaps with a SSDI case.

If you are in dire finances SSI may be applicable.

Many have the same questions about the "system", some reasons it is slow.... it is bogged down with ageing baby boomers, the slow economy makes it harder for many with some slight disability to find jobs that fit their needs... All claims need to be checked out so the system isn't paying out for unqualified claims.

Sorry to hear that your wait continues. Is it strictly SSDI for which you applied, or are there other benefits to which you applied that may be slowing things down? LIke SSI ?

The message on your online SSA account is just standard jargon until everything is completed.

As Jo*Mar suggested,.... you may want to set up an alert with your financial institution to which direct deposits are to be made, to send you an automatic message that a direct deposit has been received.

THAT may give you information faster than checking your SSA account online. I am not sure, but I think the payments are actually received by the recipient before they are posted to the account online under SSA.

I am sorry that the SSA office person to whom you spoke gave you such a "curt" response of you will get it when you get it. That is just RUDE. That may be the case in fact, but I am sure there is a nicer way to say it.