My deceased wife spent nearly 3 years applying for SS disability. It’s a nonsensical humiliating process that has nothing to do with determining who is eligible and deserving and everything to do with making the process as discouraging as possible to get you to give up. The sad thing is the abusers of the system persevere and get benefits in record time, while many that truely deserve these benefits just give up.
I went with my wife to her disability hearing. She was the only one unable to walk and in a wheelchair. The vast majority of the disability applicants seemed to fall into the category of, ‘I’m way too fat and lazy to work.’ Sorry if that seemes callous and I understand these people had real health issues, but I’ll say it again, not taking care of yourself to the point of being unable to work is a whole lot different than my deceased wife who had congenital back issues and multiple surgeries forcing her into a wheelchair, at about 115 pounds.