Filing for SSDI soon after a WC case is over with?

[borninabarn1]

Hello All,
Its been awhile but I am back again.I have now been unable to work for over 2 years due to degenerative disc disease and more and because of a WC injury I received over 2 years ago.The WC case was over 5-6 months ago and I want to file for SSDI.One of the online questions asks if you ever or are you going to file for SSDI benefits.I assume you I would put yes?Then it asks somewhere that you have to give your WC case # and the amounts you received.If I do get SSDI am I still going to get my full amount per month or since I received money from WC claims I wont get as much? or how does this work?Thanks,Born

[Bad Boy Bad Boy]

This is so they don't have to pay medical for your work injury.

[borninabarn1]

Hello Again,
So it is ok to file so soon afterwards and Give SS all info on my WC settlements they need?Also on the online application there is a space for 750 words or 15 lines for myself to add extra comments about whatever?What should a person write in this space?Thanks Again!Born from Iowa

[borninabarn1]

Friends,
Any help you can give for me would be Great!My appointment with SS is this Thursday the 8th of July.Thanks Again,Born

[AQA]

If you have no other comments. Then leave that area blank.

With this being a holiday weekend many people are not around.

[jayne]

PM Bummer Knees she fills out lots of SSDI forms for families of disabled children

[Bad Boy Bad Boy]

Born, what I always tell everyone, is you gather all your work comp papers, and settlement aggrement. Go to the Social Security Office, supply the information hands down in front of a live person. Talk things over in person, file in person. it's all done and handle the correct way, they make all copies and forward them for you at time of appling.

[hurt at work]

Go back to ur lawyer that handled ur wc case and have reword the settlement to were it says that you will recieve that money over a life time and he should know how to do it,because if you dont then they will hit you hard for the money you got from the wc case.Trust me I had to do it or I would of lost a lot of money.

[Bad Boy Bad Boy]

Hurt, very good point, as yes, the settlement aggrement does need to say it was paid for over a set number of years, such as like from 2001 to 2031 at so much money per year. Breaking it down, to show a low amount of money is being paid, then is the allowable SS income. Leaving the door open for full SS payments then. otherwise, the settlement money will have to be exhausted first for medical needs. And it will have to be proven also.

[borninabarn1]

Bad Boy Bad Boy Wrote:Thanks so Much Bad Boy! I have been going through the list gathering everything,making copys,Getting all reports from the doctors,working for days straight almost.Folder is full and ready for tomorrow!I hope
Born, what I always tell everyone, is you gather all your work comp papers, and settlement aggrement. Go to the Social Security Office, supply the information hands down in front of a live person. Talk things over in person, file in person. it's all done and handle the correct way, they make all copies and forward them for you at time of appling.