hello just wondering if you got your award letter? i hope by now you did,. if so did everything go ok? did u get what you where told by your attorney, i waiting still on mine and hope it will come soon. just wanted to keep in touch. good luck your friend matt

I haven't received anything by mail yet getting a little nervous even though attorney says nothing to worry about. I wish my letter would come soon I need the money so bad. I pray everyday that I will recieve the money soon

Beverley

I don't know if SSD has a similar time line as WC - but my settlement was agreed to on 2/05 and I didn't get the check until about 5 months later.

your atty should be able to give you a time line... or email, call or contact SSD thru their website and ask about it ???
If you state how long you have had no income and been injured it might help someone to move things along...
But due to red tape, paperwork and bureaucracy these things happen much slower than we hope for..or need them too.

tjsmith890, "Alabama Department of Rehab counselor told me that I am not employable" will they put it in writing? I am not a lawyer, just my advice is if you are unable to work keep fighting.

I firmly believe they fight claims to make people give up and their records of denials support this. Also the longer they delay the more you wind up giving back to another government agency (IRS) in back taxes. Taxes are owed in the years income the award is received, no income averaging for the years they should have been paid.

I was denied at the first step, the second step, and then we requested a hearing. Never got that far though.....my file was reviewed by the ALJ who would have heard the case, and he said no hearing required.....fully favorable award.....so it does make one wonder if at the two initial steps the majority of claims are denied. Don't know, just know I'm so thankful.....I've been so sick, and without insurance......a rough road that I'm sure a lot of you have been on.....my prayers are with you all.

Same. I got sick with another really insidious issue, fibromyalgia. Impossible to prove to the nth degree that the initial claim wanted. I was waiting to head to court and got a call today. Judge approved all of it without a hearing. I am still in a total state of shock. Was googling looking to see if this ever happens and came across your website here. My thoughts and good energy are with all of you. I am trying to understand how it works from here. I never even thought past getting approved for ssi ssd. A miracle !!

hi, I have fybro to and i applied for disability and got denied so i got a lawer and appealed. after 2yrs I finally have a hearing on jan 10th, 2011. but my lawer is going in for my bipolar instead i guess. he asked me what i was seeing one of my drs for that was on my list and i told him bipolar so he gave me papers for my dr to fill out. so i did and gave them back to him. the dr basicly says on those papers that i cant work so im hoping for the best. he said this judge i have is usually good about giving decisions quickly so we will see. I hope to get approved and get my money quickly. it would be great to get a decision right there. I read where people have so that would be nice if that happened. I think it is easier to get disability for mental health than anything else and my lawer knows this so that may be why he gave me the papers. anyone out there waiting on a hearing i wish you luck, it does take a while. but make sure you have a lawer. good luck all

I had my hearing on April 7th. The judge asked me to tell him why I was here, and I barely had to say a word to him, and he said you are approved atomatically. Infact I learned I would be getting SSDI and SSI eventhough I never worked, but I will be getting it off my Dad. I even learned that I had the basis for a lawsuit despite the statue of limitations in NC that caused me to be in this situation in the first place.

Wow I did not know you could draw SSDI on a relative like that.

An adult child (any age) can draw benefits from the parent's account IF:

A. the parent is drawing retirement benefits, or SSDI
AND
B. disability for the applicant can be proven to have occurred before age 22.

Lawsuit? Against whom? On what basis?