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Originally Posted by mollypeanut
Does anyone where I can get some good advice about social security disability...My husband was diagnosed in June..With stage 4 lung cancer.. He is still working and he carries our medical coverage.. After 4 very long rounds of chemo I don't know how long he can do this...We still have a mortgage on the house because he had planed to work till retirement age... Does he have to quit his job.. to sI tart the process?? Does anyone know how long it will take??
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I work with the Social Security Disability program. If your husband has stage IV lung cancer and has worked long enough (20 quarters out of the last 40 quarters) all he needs to do is quit work and apply. It is necessary to stop work to get SS disability benefits. If your husband does apply he would get a quick decision because his condition would be screened as a QDD case (quick disability determination case) and he should have a decision within 1 month. Before he quits work you should definitely go see a local Social Security Office to make sure that all I am telling you is the case. The Social Security Administration will solicit all his medical records in making the decision and this is what takes the time.