I have been getting mother's benefits. My son turned 16 and mine stopped in March. My son is disabled. In November I made a disability claim for my son. They told me I had to do it to keep my mother benefits. It is now May and I have not heard anything. I called the office on April 2 and they told me he was disabled and needed a letter from a doctor that said I was his caregiver. I sent that in and got a letter saying they had an application for disability already. They had it in November. I then called the office and she said my son's claim was not done yet, it came back in February and the caseworker never finished it.
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Just keep calling them and dropping buy. They are really busy and case workers get transferred from place to place way too frequently. Don't let them forget about you. Fill in everything they tell you to and if they "lose" something fill it in again. Eventually they'll have to do something for you. Only the squeaky wheel will get any grease from Social Services.
I can understand your frustration with the system.
First - I believe you will have to visit your SSA and "demand" to see a supervisor that can tell you where your case stands in the system. Clerks/agents do not always have access to your complete file and that may be why you are getting different answers.
You do not say whether you have filed for disability for your son (and been approved) so it is difficult to understand what is really going on.
Is your son presently receiving a disability benefit? SSD?
Are you saying that you and your son are receiving no benefit check?
It is a long process to prove disability for SSD so be sure that has been approved and if not - find out what you have to do right now to prove his disability.
If none of this gives you satisfaction then you may have to seek the help of an attorney. Usually Social Services can help with this stage so pay them a visit before seeking a private attorney.
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