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Ssdi Stops Payment On Child For 6 Months?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Mount Pocono, PA

Anyone got any idea why they would do that?
My wife can call and wait on hold for an hour and a half at work. (I'm not allowed to talk to them- per judges order)
We could go to the office on a workday and sit for hours, and they don't know anything.
All we have is a vague letter with NO explanation.
To clarify: I receive SSDI benefits. But so does my child, to supplement her life for my loss of sustainable income.
I wonder if she was overpaid.

November 22, 2018 (edited)
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Jeff, Dont wait for ur letter. U only have 60 days to appeal anything. Like I said get with your disability lawyer and have all the paperwork sent over. So your payments can continue. If the 60 days pass and you don't file anything u r out of luck. SS is notorious for leaving out 1 piece of the puzzle, "ur missing letter". They did it with me numerous times u must be proactive they're always going to drag their feet and then say sorry time's up, u out of luck

November 25, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Social Security feels that there is no reason you shouldn't be on Social Security anymore regardless if you have the Vagus Nerve Stimulator or not . I highly recommend that you and your family get an Attorney ASAP that only handles Social Security and Have your Dr's have all of your medical records and all of you go to court trust and believe you get all of that you won't have a problem. With the Dr's behind you with all of your medical records and the type of seizures and all of the medicine that you have to buy or pay for if you don't have medicine.

November 22, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Ask ur SSDI lawyer that same ?

November 24, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member did you or your kid still worked or had worked after the ssdi benefits? or if you and/or your wife has too much or too little income? or how old is your kid? or did you move? did you change your cell/house phone?
i am asking this because it happened to me. i was young when i had seizures and i had to re enter when i was a teen and when i was 20-21. the ssi/ssdi can also say that you and/or your kid are 'cured' and you and/or kid had to say that you have a disability. i do not know your terms and your kids terms for ssi/ssdi paperwork. you have to talk with the both your dr and the ssdi people.

November 22, 2018
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member
Nothing wrong with Pippa. Just that disability is not enough to live on, so they pay her too, so her needs are met.- until she's 18 yrs old.

November 22, 2018

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