Good Morning! I am new here on this site and am very glad to have found it. I am hoping you all can help me with a question that I have. I have been on workmans comp since 1999, had 7 surgeries and am still under doctors care but am in the process of setteling my case. I was approved for SSD but have not received any money from them yet because of w/c money. I am going through Vocational Rehab right now and they just offered me a job that there is no way that I can do---they say I can do it but I know there is no way I can. Without getting into it, they are setting me up to fail, they want to terminate me, and if I take this job I will not be able to do it. It also it 1 1/2 hours from my house each way.

My question to you all is---if I do not take this job and they terminate me, Will this be reported to Social Security and my Social Security be cancelled? On my award which was fully favorable and was back dated 3 years, it said I did not have to be re-evaluated for 7 years.

This is so stressful I just want it to all be over. If any of you know the answer to this I would be really thankful.

Sandgirl

If you work this job at all, keep track of all days worked, all sick days, all days left early due to pain. Get a supervisor to sign it or someone who works closely with you. Write out how the drive affects your injuries, how stiff and sore it makes you. Wether you can get yourself and family dinner or do housework after a work shift. If you try to keep the house before you start your shift, log how messed up you are by the time you get to work. You may want to get it notorized so it's official. Send it to SSD so they have it in your records.

If they do terminate, make sure it is thorough that you are being terminated due to your injuries. When I was fired due to pain, dr appts, missed time, meds that were interfering with work, I made the terminating supervisor do it on company letterhead. Most of them will want to help you. Some may not. Find someone on your supervisors level that will be willing to help.

Social Security disability benefits can be ceased if, during a Continuing Disability Review (CDR), the medical evidence shows that you have significant medical improvement and are able to return to work OR you do return to work, use your trial work period and extended period of eligibility and demonstrate that you are able to engage in substantial gainful activity.

All very complex. Very few people, once entitled, ever go off of disability benefits. The agency is behind on CDR processing so there are probably many many people who could work who still get money every month.

There is no termination for simply refusing to take a job.

Thanks for the answers to my question, I did not think they would take it away but just wanted to make sure. Thanks for all the info about going back to work/documenting everything. I am a person who documents everything and have 4 huge notebooks of everything that has happened in my case. I would not say the system works in our favor that is for sure!

Thanks again,
Sandgirl