I’ve worked hard all of my life, never needing anything at all, and usually helping people along the way, because it was the right thing to do. I’ve provided food and money to a great many military personnel, including family and friends if they ever needed food, as it seems that the system has forgot them. There are lots of them everywhere, lot’s of our men and women on the streets. Over the past few years, I have unfortunately been an attendance at no less than 8 deaths and each time, pitching in and helping out to the best that I could. I suffered a bad fall which left me partially paralyzed from my legs down. , doing roofing work and received just temporary disability, which eventually ran out. I’ve been in pain and unable to work. So, I thought for that first time in my life, I would ask for Full Disability Claims through the SSI, so I went on line filled out the forms and patiently waited. It took them about two weeks to get back in touch with me, so they (SSI) scheduled an appointment for me. The next week, I went to my appointment with all the documents that they had asked for concerning my Disability Claim. So there I am setting in the chair being asked all these questions and answering to the best of my ability. The SSI interviewer gets up for a moment to go make a copy of some of my paperwork and I can clearly hear another person in the background asking my interviewer if he could take a call. He says, “I am working on a client at the moment”, Whomever, he was speaking seemed agitated in their voice. It was a women’s voice. She, then said. “We’ll nobody get approved the first time”! I guess they figured, that I wasn’t in close enough proximity to hear this. My interviewer returned back, and I just remember thinking to myself. “My God, I already know that SSI will deny my claim, no matter what I do or no matter, what I say. I felt totally defeated. I just continued on with the SSI Disability Claim interview, as if I didn’t hear a THING. It just made me feel sad, that the system is broken and that they don’t really care. I am sure there are a few whom do, but the system itself, tells them to deny, deny, deny.
I left that SSI Disability and acted if everything would be alright. Another two weeks go by and I get a notice in the mail. I open up the SSI notice and it tells my to go on online to secure.ssa.gov, which I do. It them tells me that we have received your Disability Claims and that we are reviewing it. It then in bold letters ” Your Review will take 9 Months”! I am totally defeated, I guess they want us to go homeless, before they deny us the first time around. I am just needing a little help keeping the lights on, is all I am asking, since SSI Administration doesn’t want to help American’s anymore. Thank you for your prayers and thanks, to all who have helped me. I will share also with others whom need help as well. God Bless America. AJ