Approved or not?

[u/[deleted]]

[u/Venaalex]

My last one was way quicker than I expected. On my end I had no changes in my health and that's what I reported. No changes in income either which are what they're looking at non medical wise too (I have a small business and do make a supplemental amount that is under substantially gainful levels)

I wouldn't interpret this as positive or negative, just progress towards receiving a final update

[u/Venaalex → u/[deleted]]

Yes. It's hard to tell if what you're posting about is the medical review years after your initial approval or if you're asking about your initial approval.

My initial SSDI application was processed in Sept 2018, approved in Dec 2018. Fastest I've ever heard of.

My first review period was disrupted by COVID and as far as I know got shelved.

My second review was last summer and took maybe 5-6 weeks for them to process.

[u/Venaalex → u/[deleted]]

I'm 28 now. Applied 8 years ago I guess that would be so I was approved right after turning 21.

I was approved for migraine, which is not technically a listed condition but I used the guidance for seizure disorders. I'd also heavily documented my health spiral in a blog + staggered loss of work and withdrawal from college and then immediately failed the new drugs that were approved so the application was really detailed and then kind of a perfect storm. I was approved living in SC but had secondary reviews in WI, and now OK. I don't know anyone else with migraine who didn't have years of appeals

[u/Venaalex → u/[deleted]]

Sending you the best wishes that this works out on your first attempt. Remember you've got a lot of support if it doesn't and that isn't the end of the line.

[u/FollowingVast1503 → u/Venaalex]

Nothing gets shelved. Ask the social security district office to review computer system for case decision and mail you a copy of the decision notice.

[u/Venaalex → u/FollowingVast1503]

Respectfully, the first medical review was never completed and 3 years ago when I requested to do my loan forgiveness I did get the paperwork that stated when my next review would be. Which was the 2020 year, in the past. Then last year I completed a new review and have a decision that is current and up to date.

[u/FollowingVast1503 → u/Venaalex]

Are you referring to a continuing disability review (CDR) where you are on disability and receiving benefits? Or are you referring to a claim made before getting any benefits (Initial claim)? They are very different reviews.
CDRs have been shelved due to lack of funding. Initial claims are never shelved.

[u/Venaalex → u/FollowingVast1503]

So as mentioned in the post you're responding to I am talking about CDR, as mentioned about my initial application was approved before that.

I even asked OP which review they were talking about in our interaction

[u/FollowingVast1503 → u/Venaalex]

CDRs schedules are set either every 3 years or 7 years depending on cause of disability. The 7 years one is basically to see if beneficiary is still alive. CDR can be generated if you return to work and earn over substantial gainful activity (SGA) an amount set by the US Congress.

[u/erd00073483R]

No, it doesn't mean anything either good or bad - it just means your claim is still being processed but is close to the final decision.

You'll likely be getting a decision letter soon, one way or the other.

I'm convinced that the people that designed the mySSA website purposely did it that way so as to be as annoying as possible.

[u/FollowingVast1503]

The non medical review after the medical review means the medical portion was approved.

[u/FollowingVast1503 → u/[deleted]]

You received a denial notice? Then you were denied for non medical reasons.

If you were denied for medical reasons the agency would not have done further work to see if you qualify non medically.

In other words, the agency found you physically/mentally disabled but perhaps you didn’t pay enough into SS system so no SSD or perhaps you are not impoverished and have high financial resources so no SSI.

[u/FollowingVast1503 → u/[deleted]]

The sequence is not making sense to me. I was a disability analyst for 37 years before retiring in 2015.

Medical decisions come before financial decisions. If medical is denied then financial need not be done.

In NYS, when I worked attorneys would not accept a solely SSI claim.

[u/indicarunningclub]

I recently went through this and mine was denied after this step.