I was hurt on the job in 2003. I received one settlement check from WC in 2004 - nothing else. I became unable to work in 2008, filed for disability and was approved in March 2011. I am receiving monthly disability, but am still awaiting roughly $17,000.00 from my settlement dating back to 2008. SSA states that I won't get this money because they show that I was receiving Worker's Comp weekly payments in the amount of $501.00. I never got these payments. SSA sent forms to me about this and I filled them out and sent them back, AND wrote them a letter AND talked to a rep by phone. Still, they say they are closing the file and this money has somehow disappeared. Why can't I just ask Worker's Comp to review my file and submit documentation to SSA proving that I never received those recurring payments?
SSA states that the settlement check in 2004 has no bearing on the current situation, since I received that check before I filed for disability in 2008. I have no idea where this $501.00 per week came from, and never knew about it until SSA informed me that according to their records, I had been getting it!
SSA states that the settlement check in 2004 has no bearing on the current situation, since I received that check before I filed for disability in 2008. I have no idea where this $501.00 per week came from, and never knew about it until SSA informed me that according to their records, I had been getting it!
