I read this when you first posted, but have no answer for you. NMy husband has been getting SSDI since 1990. And yes, our kids also get a check due to being dependants of his. I never got a check for caring for him or for the kids......and 2 of our kids are disabled. I got my own SSDI in my own right, based on my own working time in 2001. Our kids do not get SII becuz dhs SSDI checks to the kids are more than SSI would be, so my kids do not qualify due to income guidelines. Altho my oldest turned 18 in Nov and in AUg I did apply for HER to begin getting either SSI or for her checks to continue as a dependant under my DHs SSDI.
When we went in Aug, the soc sec office did apps for her for 2 different ways to pay her, and they said one would be denied but best to do it both ways. ANd yes, one was denied, (I do not remember why, - I think it was cuz it was the wrong program?) and the other program was supposedly approved in Oct. BUT while the soc sec office gave me an INFORMAL award letter so we could continue our application to continue my dtrs veterans dependants benefits, as well, we STILL have nothing else, and no check coming. GRRR! Only the informal award letter saying she had been approved in Oct.
My calls to soc sec go unanswerd, the phone rings 50-60 times and then disconnects. Once in awhile a voicemail machine answers. When I go in person, I wait 3-4 hours and then our rep says she will call me back when she has more info.
It is extremely frustrating.
Oh and we also did make application to VA in Aug and that is also still "pending" - so she continues with no income, and no medical coverage for now. :-(
