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judypatootie · 07-01-2004, 10:02 AM

Hey all... I wrote on here earlier that My SSD caseworker said I'd receive my norification (approved or not) NO LATER than the end of June. Let's see... this is July 1, and no answer. I was so upset and crying last night I couldn't see straight, but I definitely dialed his number on the phone! I left a message.. I think he got the general idea through my sobbing that I was at my wits end with this. (I feel like an idiot now, leaving a message when I was so upset I could hardly breathe) But he called me back this morning and told me.."TA DAAAAAAAAA", he made his final decision on June 18 (still no indication of yes or no) & when it was "sent out" (whatever that means), I was one of the lucky ones to have their filed pulled for Quality Assurance and it and all of my information was sent to Chicago for another review. He said that it would probably take ANOTHER 6-8 weeks. He said that they could either agree with his decision, or disagree. EIther way, it would be sent back to the local office where I'd applied. In my case, even though I live in Ohio,the closest claim ofice is Huntington, WV where I applied. He said that after THEY got the file, THEN from there I'd be getting a yes/no letter on the case. Has anyone else ever been shipped off to Chicago????
WHY WHY WHY WHY do they jerk you around like this?? I am in so much pain, both physicially and mentally, I dn't know if I can even hang on another 6-8 weeks. Financially, I can't.. I went to the Medicaid office and all they will give me is $350 in a food stamp card for a month, which I admit will help. But because I cannot work.. (To them, its "WON"T Work) they will not give me any cash assistance to help with the house payment, electric bill, nothing. My exhusband helps on and off, when he feels like it, We are separated and I have filed for dissolution because he left us in February. At the time, a dissolution was what he wanted because its less expensive than a divorce, but now he is dragging his feet and won't sign the papers. I don' t have the money to go ahead and change it to a full divorce and file against him and he knows that.
I'm sorry i'm rambling on with stuff htat has nothing to do with disability, but i have jujst had it up to **there** with everythign. I'm simply sick of everythign and everyone involved with this stupid crap.

msrsd · 07-01-2004, 11:46 AM

hey judy, I just wanted to let you know my case was sent to quality review in chicago( i am from ohio ) here is the infor I recieved. I also was told chicago takes 6 to 8 weeks, after four weeks my hubby called dds worker this is what he said--- the ones that are pulled for chicago is usually approved but there is a small percentage that is not but usually you are approved and that if chicago would go agaist the dds worker it would not reverse the decision it would just want further documentaion. well I was like you feeling just my luck, but I was pulled on april 29th and I recieved back pay around june 9th and due to get my first check in july. Also just so you know my hubby called local office and made an appoitment to file for my children and let them know that my file was in chicago , they let us go in for the appoitment and bring birth certificates and my local office said we saved 2 weeks by getting that taken care of. so my hubby figured if they are willing to file for the children, tell me what i am getting on ssd then they are just as assured it will be approved, and sure enough it came back from chicago just fine. so hang in there you are finally seeing an end to this nightmare. By the way no letters came until 2 weeks after my back pay came in the mail.

judypatootie · 07-01-2004, 12:11 PM

Thank you MSRSD..
I probably should go ahead & file then for my boys. That would be one thing out of the way in case they do approve me. I'm sorry I'm not in a more "Yeah, yeah, whoooppeee" kind of mood right now, I guess I'm just feeling sorry for myself. Hopefully that will pass, too.

Maybe Chicago is a good thing after all !

msrsd · 07-01-2004, 12:25 PM

judy, you know I can can agree with your mood, I thought I was going to go crazy waiting for ssd and I can tell you I will never wait for the postman again----I would wait for that darn postman and he would never bring me my news---Lol but anyways the day I didnt wait for postman was the day my check was here so go figure. so you hang in there and you will see that with gods grace you will see the light at the end of this dark road we call ssd.

judypatootie · 07-01-2004, 12:38 PM

msrsd:

LOL! Gods grace is the O N L Y thing getting me through this stuff!
Well... AND the help of a great bunch of people on this board. I'm so thankful I found this.