emilymarguerite
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What is the name of your state?
Michigan
Almost two years ago, my girlfriend's brother applied for SSDI for hyperspleenism and was denied. He filed an appeal. Recently, while still waiting to get a court date for his appeal, he died from the same disability that he was seeking SSDI for. He was only 25 years old.
Now his family is wondering if they are eligable to receive the retroactive SSDI payments from the date he filed until the date of his death. Can an SSDI case even be approved after the applicant has passed away?
Here are some more details:
He was working part time up until about 2 or 3 days before his death (during which time he simply was not scheduled to work). Even though he was able to work while he was alive, his family thinks he should not have had to work because of his disability.
However, his job (making and delivering pizzas) did nothing to bring on his death. Even if he had been approved for disability and did not have to work for the past two years, he'd still be dead today.
Then again, his disability killed him. Is that "disabled" enough for the government's standards?
Thank you for any help.
Michigan
Almost two years ago, my girlfriend's brother applied for SSDI for hyperspleenism and was denied. He filed an appeal. Recently, while still waiting to get a court date for his appeal, he died from the same disability that he was seeking SSDI for. He was only 25 years old.
Now his family is wondering if they are eligable to receive the retroactive SSDI payments from the date he filed until the date of his death. Can an SSDI case even be approved after the applicant has passed away?
Here are some more details:
He was working part time up until about 2 or 3 days before his death (during which time he simply was not scheduled to work). Even though he was able to work while he was alive, his family thinks he should not have had to work because of his disability.
However, his job (making and delivering pizzas) did nothing to bring on his death. Even if he had been approved for disability and did not have to work for the past two years, he'd still be dead today.
Then again, his disability killed him. Is that "disabled" enough for the government's standards?
Thank you for any help.