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I spent two grueling years living on nothing, burning through my slim savings, jumping hoop after hoop, filling out reams of paperwork, giving depositions and seeing doctors and not being able to afford my meds or anything else, and finally I was approved for social security benefits while I am too sick to work. They told me I was guaranteed full benefits through 2018.
Today I got a letter from the SSA saying that I have 15 days to verify my income from working so they can determine whether I am still eligible for benefits. I thought, okay, no problem, I only made $250 this year, easy. But when I looked at the forms, I realized they require complete employment information from the day I first filed for short term disability benefits, September 15, 2014.
If I fail to submit complete documentation by the deadline, my benefits can be immediately canceled.
They want so much meticulously detailed information. They want exact dates and complete company profiles. They want weekly pay stubs for the past three years. I don't have them. No one gives out paper pay stubs anymore; they're all sent electronically to company emails that I no longer have access to because I stopped working--which the SSA must know already, because they legally designated me unable to work less than a year ago.
I am crushed and panicked and crying and angry and frustrated and desperate and sick. I don't know how I'm going to get the documentation they want. I have all my tax documents, of course, but the SSA's instructions are explicit in saying they want everything week by week, so W-2s won't cut it. Three years. That is 156 weeks to account for in depth, and did I mention that I am disabled and doing this kind of thing is extremely difficult or actually impossible for me. I don't know what to do. I don't understand.
Today I got a letter from the SSA saying that I have 15 days to verify my income from working so they can determine whether I am still eligible for benefits. I thought, okay, no problem, I only made $250 this year, easy. But when I looked at the forms, I realized they require complete employment information from the day I first filed for short term disability benefits, September 15, 2014.
If I fail to submit complete documentation by the deadline, my benefits can be immediately canceled.
They want so much meticulously detailed information. They want exact dates and complete company profiles. They want weekly pay stubs for the past three years. I don't have them. No one gives out paper pay stubs anymore; they're all sent electronically to company emails that I no longer have access to because I stopped working--which the SSA must know already, because they legally designated me unable to work less than a year ago.
I am crushed and panicked and crying and angry and frustrated and desperate and sick. I don't know how I'm going to get the documentation they want. I have all my tax documents, of course, but the SSA's instructions are explicit in saying they want everything week by week, so W-2s won't cut it. Three years. That is 156 weeks to account for in depth, and did I mention that I am disabled and doing this kind of thing is extremely difficult or actually impossible for me. I don't know what to do. I don't understand.
