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Yes, this is all good advice. The timeframe between my first meeting with an attorney and finally applying for disability was about 2 1/2 years. I was lucky to have good union benefits to bide me time until I did have to apply. Nonetheless check your resources that may be available to you, your HR dept, disability attorney, dept of social security. They all will give you the steps & info to receive your benefits if your entitled to them. julbpat is right I used an attorney thinking there would be denials & appeals in a long process, but I was approved in about a month. Bottom line it's hard to do certain jobs when health issues rob you of so much

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Great advice - I’ll add that I was slow applying for Disability also. I kept waiting because I was unable to believe this illness thing wasn’t going to run it’s course and that doctors would know what’s wrong and help fix me! When I did apply, I recall Disability actually providing retroactive payments since I applied so long after my disability start. But I think it was only the amount that fell in that calendar year, (I’m not positive how long back they paid), so I wouldn’t wait too long.