Another Hurddle to overcome and Hoop to Jump Through

Ok, I went to court with the DS ALJ (the Administartivfe Law Judge)on Novrember 21, 2008. I was told that they would reimburse me for my travel time to and from Savannah to Atlanta because the case was still in Atlanta at the time. Well, it has been almost a year and there has been NO MONEY yet. It is going to be about 200.00 as far as we can make out because I had to travel 243.78 miles one way to go to court that day. So here again we are at a waiting game. I called them everyday for about 3 weeks and never talked to anyone. They sent me to voicemail and no one ever returned the calls as they said they would. So my husband started calling and they would transfer him to a person who would exlpain that they were behind and it could be up to 3 months!! Yeah, right!!! Man their 3 months must be longer than mine. That was the first of this year about mid January. Almost 6 months ago now. Well, when Binder and Binder took my case, they called also and are being put off as well. On Friday of last week my husband called again and was told no one was available to talk to so he left word for a Mananger, not a Supervisor to call him and as of today he has had no phone calls and he has tried to call today with no success. They are now BLOWING him off too. So if you have to travel for your hearing there is a place on the paperwork they send you that says you can get money first if you need it for traveling. I STRONGLY SUGGEST THIS OPTION!!!!! If not you will never get any results. They are very good at avoiding calls from you, your attny or anyone else calling on your behalf. Just a few suggestions as I have been there done that. If there is anyone out there in the same position, let me know what you did to get your money.

Well, so long for now. Predisone is a great drug but only for short time use. Even the doctors won't leave you on it long so I don't know why SS DS thinks it is okay to live on it just to keep from having to pay the money you have worked all your life to get!!!!!