04-18-2018, 02:18 AM
(04-15-2018, 05:27 PM)MoJim Wrote: I have been encouraged to apply for SSD in the past for my CLL and glad I haven't. I was able to work during treatments with minimal time off except for my last treatment (6 months). I always had an FMLA on file every year. I too am within a couple of years to get regular SS at age 62. Waiting any longer would be just plain stupid for me. Hoping all that really need it get favorable decisions.
MoJim
Thanks, MoJim. So sorry to hear about your CLL! I hope that you are coping with it okay and that it is of the slower growing variety. Anytime you want to talk about it, send me a PM. I also suffer from a life-threatening illness and sometimes it helps to discuss it. I just wanted to say that some people who are approaching age 62 still opt to file for SSD because it generally pays more than SS retirement and, in most cases, can be ridden until age 65 and then converted into a conventional SS retirement. That is probably why there is a spike in SSD applications in those between the ages of 55-62. That, and the fact that once a person attains the age of 55, they are considered to be of "advanced age", according the SSA. The standard to get approved is lowed.