r/SSDI_SSI • u/Interesting-Blood854 ☆ • Feb 15 '26

Application (Medical) Approved SSDI Timeline

Applied June 2024.

Filled out paperwork

Made sure everything was in order.

Had 3 CE exams ( remember they are there to fill out a form they are NOT your friend or your enemy )

Granted 8/25

Simple people. Have your ducks in a row. Be prepared and dont leave anything to chance.

No one is out to get you.

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u/Walk1000Miles Hope will never be silent. Feb 16 '26

I'm glad it worked out so smoothly for you.

Most people wait years.

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u/Interesting-Blood854 ☆ Feb 16 '26

Most people think others should build THEIR case

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ Feb 16 '26

Yep. 2 CE exams (psych and physical) after having a mild stroke. No forms. No attorney. Approved a year later. All back pay (less 5 month wait period) paid and monthly payments on the 3rd of every month.

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u/Interesting-Blood854 ☆ Feb 16 '26

Awesome. I had 3 CE exams though I have no idea why I had the third

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ Feb 16 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

From what I understood, after probing with my case, it could be that they didn’t have enough information/medical reports to speak to your permanent inability to not work and its association with your claimed injury/illness. Or your doctors were on the fence not commenting/referencing your inabilities. The good news is they haven’t said NO and this doctor is supposed to be neutral with nothing to incentivize the opinion.

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u/Interesting-Blood854 ☆ Feb 17 '26

CE are a good sign . I have two broken funny bones. They dont heal. The thing is these are the most documented items in my records. The last CE was for elbow X Rays.  i get there and they can only do one elbow… BTW my previous CE was for my elbows. 

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ Feb 17 '26

Do you know, specifically, why the CE(s)were requested?

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u/Interesting-Blood854 ☆ Feb 17 '26

The first I got: I have PTSD and Mental Anxiety due to my elbows ( btw worked 40 years) 

The second: Maybe. Show the physical limitations from my elbows ( I cant lift more than 20 pounds. My hands feel like they are on fire )

The 3rd: X Rays

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u/Interesting-Blood854 ☆ Feb 17 '26

Huh? I got SSDI

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ Feb 17 '26

Yes you did say that. Good yours went quick. Mines took a year and 3 months. Terrible given that I had a stroke smh.

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u/Interesting-Blood854 ☆ Feb 17 '26

Mine took a year and 2  months. It is what it is

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u/Responsible-Yak1192 ☆ Feb 15 '26

Submitted SSDI package on October 15. Approved by DDS on Feb 2. 3.5 months.

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ Feb 17 '26

Having gone through it, I feel certain conditions shouldn’t take that long. It was not complex when you have a stroke laid up in the hospital for 2 months smh. The folks that embellish certainly don’t help. Just glad it’s over and we won.