The SSI Disability Fiasco--Part 3

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Okay thought I'd give an up-date of my up-dates. First the lousy news. Since so many people felt it'd be best for me to get legal help with my Disability benefit disaster, I started making calls. The first was, since some here had recommended Binder & Binder, one of the leading advocates in Disability cases--so did--no help there...I explained the circumstances but it all ties with that issue of that recent letter I got about the "overpayment" of money SSI claims they paid me for the months of October 2006 to April 2007...and which they cite I owe them $4,910.00. Binder and Binder said they can't do anything until that mess is cleared up... So among other things, I mailed out that 3-thousand page Waiver form back to Social Security (okay actually 8 pages) to verify, that I don't have the financial means to pay this sum back, proofs of my bank statements, etc etc...and it should indicate to these jerks that my benefits need to be re-instated--they should get that tomorrow--I sent it certified so I could track it.. I plan to get through to Legal Aid again tomorrow--couldn't today..but I had asked Binder and Binder if Legal Aid could be of help, but Binder & Binder told me that they. Legal Aid really can't be of help until I can get this overpayment issue resolved first..in other words--they'd tell me the same things that Binder & Binder did Okay some good news...maybe....I had e-mailed a lot of people back on Thursday..including Congressman Joseph Crowley's office...I got an e-mail back the next day and in it was told that a representative from his office, who handles Disability cases would call me Monday--today-- Well sure enough she did, and she asked me to fax over a cover letter authorizing and allowing them to intervene in this issue, and to also fax over that letter from SSI about the overpayment and the other letter that said my benefits were to be terminated...So while home, I did do a letter, but I had to go to the library near me to get it printed up so I could fax it--I don't have ink for my printer!! Bummer--So went to the library got the cover letter printed up (I did it in my e-mail--then copy/paste it into word to print up)--then went to a place to fax all this stuff, then the post office to mail the forms to Social Security...mmm..bit exhausted already..hehe Then I called back Congressman Crowley's office to talk to the woman again, to see if see got the faxed material..not only had she, but she had by then had already called Social Security...apparently someone in the government can get through to Social Security better than us common folks..LOL--She told me that, yes, Social Security has in their possession all the former material I had sent them...probably piled on someone's desk collecting dust...She told me to give everything at least another week, but she would keep in contact about this with me...But maybe, just maybe, since SS got a call from a representative in the government, and a Congressman at that...it just might make SS shake their bums a little faster... Will keep you posted...and please continue your prayers! ;-)