Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri are the best states, as far as having high approval ratings. This could mean that they are the best states to live in, if you are trying to get SSDI.

One could look at it another way. Maybe the good people of Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri are so darn determined to work, come heck or high water (mid-western stock and all), that they have a low rate of spurious claims, which would mean that people there don't apply unless they really, really have a spectacularly good claim. That would, also, bring up their approval rating.

One thing I noticed in the line up was this. States tend to have approval ratings similar to the states that neighbor them.

If I sound kind of hyper on this issue - it's because I AM.

I am oscillating between profound despair, thinking that I probably don't even have a chance, and thinking that all these lawyers and doctors and therapists telling me I have a good basis for a claim wouldn't be encouraging me to file if I didn't have a good shot.

The uncertainly has me half out of my mind. I almost wish they would just turn me down with finality, and then I could figure out what to do next. Get some pencils and a tin can and go on the corner, or whatever. My pdoc tells me I am "kind of funny." There is NOTHING about this whole process that amuses me in the least. I often truly wish I were dead.