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Your attorney should know all about this. This is what he's getting paid for or will if you win the case. There is a shit load of reading to stay up on the SSI or SSDI process. Try to educate yourself as much as possible. It will help.
It took me 5 years to get approved for docial security disability benefits. Get a lawyer for sure. I used Binder and Binder and they really helped and I got approved and received an $80K plus retro check. Don't talk drugs..nothing except prescribed from a doctor and that the drugs prescribed to help you make you unable to drive safley, strange sleep patterns, etc.
You can also work on ssd part time. good luck.
I see Binder and Binder ads all the time. If I'm not being too nosey, what illness did you file on?
IMHO, There is too much DISinformation in this forum.
I've been on disability for 20+ years.
I lost in court, appealed & then won.
Prior to the first court, my lawyer said that I would win, then before my 2nd court the same lawyer said that I had very little chance.
Lawyer can help, but they usually make you wait until your case has been appealed the 3rd time & you're next step is court.
You should let your lawyer build your case, (using they're own doctors) & in the mean time, give the gov. as little information as you can.
They will only twist it around against you, so be patient!
My previous job was selling pot. (legally with tax stamps)
The OKC office of the AFT had made it obvious that they didn't like me selling pot, yet refused to give me a trial. After I lost all 4 tenants, & all my friends were now too scared to visit, I applied for disability. (1988)
"I will always consider this a bribe to not sell cannabis." was written in, just above my signature. (just in case it wasn't clear in the rest of my application)
I would not advise anyone to try walking in my shoes, but you can learn from my example. If you want real help, feel free to contact me.
I'm waiting for YOU to be ready, so I can go back to selling medicine & get off of the back of the taxpayers.
btw-
I had been under surveilance for 3 years, when the oklahoma city office of the alcohol, tobacco & firearms, came at a rare moment when i was not home, with a prepared story that a man & woman ran with a gun or knife.
This gave them the right to enter without a warrant.
Of the 12 exterior doors, they chose the one that was boarded shut.
After taking the entire door frame out, passersby on highway 54 could easily see my plants hanging, as the authorities didn't confiscate even one bud.
It made the local news, both 6 PM & 10 PM, all 3 channels.
The plants & the huge hole in the wall were not shown.
From previous military history, they must have known that my liberty-or-death stance was no delusion, but is permanent.
This happened before the Waco killings, but the bomb that blew up their office was made in Wichita, my hometown back then.
I doubt that I've met Mcvey or Nichols, but they may have heard of me.
You can read in High Times magazine about "the hemp lady" who later used the same Kansas cannabis tax stamps to get a freedom fighter of the month award. The last I heard, she's alive & well, in the same location.
I can only hope that this truth won't get me banned from this forum.