social security

Kari

Maybe you should call them and see....

My new claim has taken much longer, it was a full 6 months before I heard from them. I appealed in the beginning of May and still have not heard anything. I got ALLSUP involved and they are handling the claim now. I felt the SSA people were jerking me around and holding up my claim. I called the SSA office and they told me not to call them because they don't know anything more than I do and to wait the 6 months. That's when I got ALLSUP involved.

I had one full week of miminal fibro. Today I could hardly get out of bed I hurt so bad.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

Kitkat you are still on the prayer list.

Hugs to you

Jan

May your troubles be less,
Your blessing be more,
And nothing but happiness come through your door!

Post edited by: Barbkubacki, at: 06/17/2008 09:03

Then though, I felt like I wasn't getting any help from that company and decided to hire an actual attorney since I would be filing for an appeal with an ALJ.

She has been wonderful! She only handles disability cases. She is very helpful. Her office is good about getting my doctors notes, keeping me informed, etc. She told me from the beginning that if I ever had any questions and/or just wanted to find out the status of my case, just to call. But, I've not had to call for anything.

Well, we filed for the hearing with ALJ... uhm.... (brain fog here).... I think it was Sept. of 2007. And last week my attorney called to go through some things again (i.e. medication update, doctor updates, etc.) and told me that I should be scheduled for a hearing in Sept. or Oct. -So as you can see, that hearing part alone has taken a year to get.

Oh- and I tried writing everyone I could think of to get help. Even those that I knew couldn't/wouldn't help, like the governors, vp, and president. Yes, even the president. LOL! I was desperate.

I'm sure it helps in some states to write those people though.

I wrote a "Dire Need" letter also. My attorney didn't think it would help, even though I AM in dire need. But I did it anyway. Again, in some states- this might help.

If you want help with some of these letters...feel free to contact me. I'll gladly share mine, or some of the info. that I used in mine.

Amy

PS- When I filed for my hearing- my attorney told me that there were 4,800 backlogged cases in my state. And, that we only had 2 judges. Since then, the state has approved to hire 2 more judges. But with the training time, etc. ~I guess, knowing this- I'll just be happy to have a hearing date within a year.

Jan

May your troubles be less,
Your blessing be more,
And nothing but happiness come through your door!