Applying for SS Disability Bens...after ~11 years

[KsGal]

My only advice is to get it completed as soon as you can. I just did this myself back in October. If you are stage IV you will get approved immediately, but there is a five month waiting period before you get your first check, even after you are approved. I was told, and later read, it is because they want to make sure you are actually disabled long term. Seems ridiculous but its true. So get it done as quickly as you can so you can receive benefits as soon as possible.

[StephN]

Dear Jessica -

I say if you have been less able to work then it is overdue! When I said I had brain mets, they put me to the head of the que. I had a direct deposit in my checking account in less than 4 weeks. That was in 2007, so I had not done this as early as I could have.

Hopefully the stage IV with brain mets will move you up past the "bad backs" and that you will get immediate approval without too much delay.

I am sure that no one in that Employment Security office expected me to still be alive and fortunately they were very considerate.