In this episode, I answer two questions that relate to activities in the State Agency adjudication offices:

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Question 1 is from a gentlemen named Ron, who writes “we received a letter from SSA it states that the medical requirements have been met for disability benefits.  then states we realize you stopped working on 10/05/2006 when they apply the SS rules to the medical evidence we find your condition did not prevent you from working until 3/19/2007. they says they have not made a decision about meeting non- medical requirements and they will shortly, what could that mean?”

Related reading about SSA date calculations:  http://bit.ly/ssa-dates

Question 2 is from a gentleman named Anthony who asks about the non-examining physicians who assist the State Agency adjudicators evaluate your medical records – “during 2002-2003 (possibly before & after), in the State of Florida there was much fear that Medical Disability Examiners were going to be outsourced… and/or were about to be outsourced —- can you comment via your reply?”

In this episode I answer two listener questions. The first question has to do with eligibility for Title II benefits. Terrilyn writes to say that her SSDI statement shows that she does not have 20 credit hours of work and that she last worked in 1995. Is there any way that she would be eligible for SSDI. The answer is "yes" and I explain how. The second question is from Christy and she writes to say that she has been diagnosed with MS, and that she applied and was turned down several years ago. She has been trying to work since then with limited success and now her condition has worsened. Should she apply again and what issues might she face.

[tags] credit hours for SSDI benefits, reapply for benefits, MS and SSDI [/tags]