thickntired, Thank you. I'm glad if anyone has benefited from what I've shared. Before applying for SSDI, I did a lot of research, which I think is why I successfully got through the whole process in only 3 months. I had a lot of misunderstanding about things myself, until I was forced to look into things.

I've seen very deserving people fail to get benefits they should have gotten due to not understanding what it takes to be successful in a claim. This is an undertaking, in which Knowledge is power.