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The 8 page form my lawyer said was 'simple' turned out to be the key
I kept putting off the SSDI work history form because the wording scared me. My lawyer kept saying just list every job from the last 15 years with dates and duties. I finally sat down last Tuesday with my old tax returns and W-2s from 2011 to 2024 and mapped it all out. Turns out the SSA uses that form to calculate your substantial gainful activity window and the detail about physical demands matters way more than I thought. I listed lifting 50 pound boxes at a warehouse job from 2016 to 2019 and my lawyer said that alone helped build the case for my back problems. What convinced me it was legit is that my hearing got moved up two months after I submitted it. Has anyone else here seen their timeline speed up after getting that form in perfectly? I almost skipped it and now I wonder what would have happened if I did.
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paul1171mo ago
My lawyer gave me the same "simple" pep talk and I ended up treating that form like a treasure hunt through a decade of bad memory and even worse handwriting. I had to call my old boss from a pizza place I quit in 2019 just to confirm how many pounds the dough bags weighed, and he still thought I was asking for a job reference. When I finally sent it in, I felt like I'd just finished the hardest video game level ever, and then my hearing notice showed up a week later. Now I tell everyone to just do the form first and cry about the wording later, cause apparently that thing is like the golden ticket nobody warns you about.
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