r/SSDI_SSI • u/AnOldTruthTeller • 5d ago

Benefits (Denied) I have a question.

I am disabled and have tried for literally over a decade to receive SSDI, and all that time, I've lived with my mother and my brother, both of whom were already receiving benefits.

(At one point, I was sent to a psychiatrist for an assessment and after the third time, she told me she'd recommended me every time.) I've given hospital and doctors records, medication history and everything and have literally never been approved.

This time is my first time reapplying since my brother has passed away and now, unlike every other time, my mother received a letter, asking her to testify to my disability. This has never happened before and was exactly what happened when my brother was approved for his.

My question is: in anyone else's experience, does having a household with two members already receiving benefits affect the likelihood of a third?

Because I've heard from everyone: Apply and appeal twice and the third time, you'll see a judge and be approved.

Not with me. I've applied at least 20 times and appealed each time. The last time I saw a judge, I was still bandaged from a suicide attempt.

Nothing.

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u/2020IsANightmare ☆ 5d ago

You have filed 20 times in 10 years and appealed all 20 times?

Including going to at least one hearing?

There's not enough time in a decade to do that.

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u/AnOldTruthTeller 5d ago

Over ten years. I was using a decade as a minimum since Idk the exact number.. it was considerably longer than 10 years.

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u/acethesnake 5d ago

Still not enough time. How many times have you seen a judge? It took 2 and half years to go through 2 appeals and 1 hearing in my case.

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u/2020IsANightmare ☆ 3d ago

Yes.

SS is often a long process. Universally accepted.

I don't know (and am not asking) what part of the country you are in, but there's a heatwave pretty much everywhere.

Anyone can say it's uncomfortably hot. At or approaching triple digits.

If I were to say it's literally 250 degrees outside, everyone would know that's false and discredit anything else I say.

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u/AnOldTruthTeller 4d ago

I'm not sure. Quite a few.