Two weeks before we find out disability hearing decision

Judge said it would be no more than thirty days…that’s two weeks from now…boy I hope we get the benefits…looking hopeful but still don’t know…it’s killing me…i want to know NOW. haha

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It’s for your wife’s disability, right?

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yes ! she’s been trying since 2019…they will only go back one year in backpay now…damn it…not fair.

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What is her disability?

I thought they always just went back one year for backpay

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very bad back…mental depression…severe…yes they used to give all the years backpay that you have been trying…■■■■■■■ congress changed it all.

I got one year backpay too im in canada

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Im in canada aswell

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ye i know

i was odsp before now im on cpp

A friend of mine first applied for disability in 1978 and didn’t get approved until 1984. He got a $25,000 lump sum for backpay

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@77nick77 how recently? oh 1984…yes no more do they do that.

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Wow @77nick77 ! Thats crazy!!!

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Yeah, we were living in supported housing and he bought two cars and the biggest Craftsman tool chest you can get and filled it with hundreds of dollars worth of tools and he bought a bunch of expensive radio controlled airplanes and still had money left over.

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That’s awesome!!!

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