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Hi ,

Oh my gosh. No way does ANYONE applying for SSDI *HAVE TO* apply for

SSI. SSI is completely different, and, as you found out, is 'mean's

tested' - meaning you have to supply your private financial

information. Basically, you gave this Darryl person too much info.

So, call your local office up - ask that your SSI application be

destroyed, that you KNOW you don't qualify and you therefore do not

wish the application processed.

And NO. You should have not signed that form with dishonest

information. This Darryl is WAY out of line - perjury is a serious

offense, very serious, and now that I think of it, Darryl is

committing a serious offense by telling claimants to do this. I would

report this to your local field office manager, with cc's to your

Congresspersons, and the Social Security Headquaters. Darryl won't

have a job for very long.

By all means, start your SSDI application on line! It took me about 4

hours to go through it one day - but if this is too much for you, 1/2

way through, you'll be prompted with a " do you want to continue "

question. If you want to stop, you'll be given a special number.

WRITE THIS DOWN and SAVE IT. Then tomorrow or the next day when you

are up to it, go back in to your application using that special

number and complete it. There's a cover letter at the end to SIGN and

some medical release forms to sign and send it all. MAKE SURE YOU

PRINT OUT A COPY OF YOUR APPLICATION FOR YOUR FILES AT HOME and make

sure all the information on your application is honest anad relates

to your CMT.

While the IRS and the SSA do " cross-checks " on financial matters,

your SSDI claim will not be affected by that.

~ Gretchen