I received bck disability from social security in June 2006 that was back dated to 1996.  I applied in 1996, of course, and was turned down.  All that time and there was no choice but to wait.  Because I worked for the state of Colorado and was, fortunatle, vested, I received disability from Pera and worker's comp.  I had almost always worked two jobs and had enough quarters to qualify for disability from SS.What I couldn't afford was health insurance, as you can well imagine.  W/c paid disability health care and treatment, but there was nothing to help with anything else.  The greatest benefit from SS was health care.

 

Despite my long wait, 7 years, take heart, because, my daughter, in 1991, became ill with failed kidneys, and was approved immediately.  My experience, after the first denial, was that my case file was so large, that it lay on the desk of a SS rep for a long time just because someone didn't want to plow through everything.  Then, after I intervened, he passed it on to a supervisor, who managed to decline my app based on 2o minutes with a doc who decided that since I could raise my arms, touch my finger to my nose and other stupid stuff, and then she miscalculated the quarters that qualified me to apply.  The other issue was the case worker said he didn't have all medical ecords, which was bs, because my attorney sent the stuff, and I sent it as well when they asked me to submit anything else I had.  Someone just didn't put it where it needed to be, or didn't go through the file thouroughly.  The file was huge.

 

Much may depend on whose desk your file lands, and as encouragement, I believe my case was the exception.  I have known soooo many people that have been approved in less than one year.  My Attorney was diligent, and why not, he got a whopping  percentage, but it was worth the wait in the end.  The anxiety and stress were the worst thing.

 

You will win, I just know it.  My phone call to SS gave me knowledge of where my file was in the process, and maybe you can find out where your case is in the process.  Hope that that will give you some peace of mind if you can find out.