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TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
21. Apply for disability!
Tue May 5, 2015, 01:07 AM
May 2015

If you are approved, you will get paid back pay. If they determine you became disabled in January, you will get paid for July 2014 through whenever you get approved. Personally, I think you should go ahead and get an attorney to help you navigate all the hoops you have to jump through. If you are awarded back pay, they will get a percentage of it, which is controlled by law. I think it's about 30%. You can try getting approved on your own, but it takes a few months at best. Anything you can do to get approved the first time you apply, instead of having to appeal, is money in the bank.

I'm so sorry you have had such horrible things happen marym625 May 2015 #1
Thanks! /nt dballance May 2015 #2
I'd put this in GD and delete it here... many many many more people in GD steve2470 May 2015 #3
K&R Joe Shlabotnik May 2015 #4
OMG Kali May 2015 #5
Thank you! dballance May 2015 #15
You also might try this site DJ13 May 2015 #6
I understand. I can't even get healthcare, much less hospitalization. Likely have to move next year. freshwest May 2015 #7
K & R Petrushka May 2015 #8
Thank you! dballance May 2015 #14
kick Tobin S. May 2015 #9
Sounds like everything bad coming your way at once. DFW May 2015 #10
Thank you! dballance May 2015 #12
Keep up the morale as long as you can DFW May 2015 #16
Kick Petrushka May 2015 #11
Thanks for the thoughts, suggestions and contributions. dballance May 2015 #13
bump nt steve2470 May 2015 #17
kick! Lady Freedom Returns May 2015 #18
Wow! Goal met! missingthebigdog May 2015 #19
+1 Joe Shlabotnik May 2015 #20
Apply for disability! TexasBushwhacker May 2015 #21
Holy Shit! Thanks all. dballance May 2015 #22
Just saw this thread, haven't been on DU much lately due to computer issues, but K&R from me! Rhiannon12866 May 2015 #23
Been there Puzzledtraveller May 2015 #24
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