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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 565787" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Witz, like DDD.........nothing can confuse me quicker than this whole disability thing. Personally, I think they make it so frustratingly confusing on purpose. Only things I can tell you is what we were told by his cw, and I had to take it as facts because I figure the dude knew what he was talking about. I'm certainly no expert, I'm not even sure at this point I'd qualify as novice. </p><p></p><p>Travis' cw had him apply for both SSI and SSDI even though when he looked up the boys work history it was clearly evident he'd worked long enough to easily qualify for SSDI. CW said it was often done that way to avoid the massive amts of back pay accumulated while waiting to be approved by SSDI, as in SSI approval is usually much quicker. He didn't get as much from SSI as he does from SSDI. But it did get approved rather fast......I think within 3 months. When I talked to his cw he said it could take a very long time for the disability part to be approved even with it being a "formality" in Travis' case due to his diagnosis (blindness). It's a slow process evidently. </p><p></p><p>So I thought I had that all clear in my head. Next thing I know he's got the approval for disability (SSDI) about a month or so later. Now when cw was explaining about the SSI payment was to keep back payment cost down, he said new regs prevented someone from going back more than 2 yrs prior to filing. (Travis' was documented for much of it at birth, he had also applied at age 16 or so) Travis would get his upon approval from the date he filed even though it was clearly obvious he'd been disabled for many years. Because it was his first application as an adult. Uhh, ok. </p><p></p><p>Only it didn't turn out that way. Travis instead was declared disabled a year prior to his file date, and back pay was done from that point. It was my impression that his SSI payments would be deducted out of his back pay before he received it. If they did (I'd have to check the paperwork) it was an awfully small amount. But as you can see........even though they said the boy wouldn't get back pay prior to his file date, they gave him a whole year prior all by themselves. Thereby contradicting themselves. And yes I called to make sure it was legit and what was supposed to happen. </p><p></p><p>Soon as Travis got his first disability check, the SSI stopped. We were <strong>not</strong> told back pay had to be kept separate from monthly pay. Even welfare doesn't have an issue with his back pay sitting in his bank acct that is used to deposit his monthly checks. Most likely because he has documentation as to where that money came from. We were not told even that SSI pay had to be kept separate from disability pay or back pay. But you can bet your bottom dollar I double checked to make certain he didn't have to pay anything back to anyone. </p><p></p><p>All that said, I <strong>still </strong>can't say I understand it. But he gets his monthly check just fine and everyone seems happy.</p><p></p><p>I'm am not looking forward to going through it all over again for me, even IF they approve it. argh!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 565787, member: 84"] Witz, like DDD.........nothing can confuse me quicker than this whole disability thing. Personally, I think they make it so frustratingly confusing on purpose. Only things I can tell you is what we were told by his cw, and I had to take it as facts because I figure the dude knew what he was talking about. I'm certainly no expert, I'm not even sure at this point I'd qualify as novice. Travis' cw had him apply for both SSI and SSDI even though when he looked up the boys work history it was clearly evident he'd worked long enough to easily qualify for SSDI. CW said it was often done that way to avoid the massive amts of back pay accumulated while waiting to be approved by SSDI, as in SSI approval is usually much quicker. He didn't get as much from SSI as he does from SSDI. But it did get approved rather fast......I think within 3 months. When I talked to his cw he said it could take a very long time for the disability part to be approved even with it being a "formality" in Travis' case due to his diagnosis (blindness). It's a slow process evidently. So I thought I had that all clear in my head. Next thing I know he's got the approval for disability (SSDI) about a month or so later. Now when cw was explaining about the SSI payment was to keep back payment cost down, he said new regs prevented someone from going back more than 2 yrs prior to filing. (Travis' was documented for much of it at birth, he had also applied at age 16 or so) Travis would get his upon approval from the date he filed even though it was clearly obvious he'd been disabled for many years. Because it was his first application as an adult. Uhh, ok. Only it didn't turn out that way. Travis instead was declared disabled a year prior to his file date, and back pay was done from that point. It was my impression that his SSI payments would be deducted out of his back pay before he received it. If they did (I'd have to check the paperwork) it was an awfully small amount. But as you can see........even though they said the boy wouldn't get back pay prior to his file date, they gave him a whole year prior all by themselves. Thereby contradicting themselves. And yes I called to make sure it was legit and what was supposed to happen. Soon as Travis got his first disability check, the SSI stopped. We were [B]not[/B] told back pay had to be kept separate from monthly pay. Even welfare doesn't have an issue with his back pay sitting in his bank acct that is used to deposit his monthly checks. Most likely because he has documentation as to where that money came from. We were not told even that SSI pay had to be kept separate from disability pay or back pay. But you can bet your bottom dollar I double checked to make certain he didn't have to pay anything back to anyone. All that said, I [B]still [/B]can't say I understand it. But he gets his monthly check just fine and everyone seems happy. I'm am not looking forward to going through it all over again for me, even IF they approve it. argh! [/QUOTE]
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