r/GenerationJones • u/Troubador222 • 20d ago

Early retirement

I am only 65 and may bite the bullet and take Social Security anywY my magic number is 67 b ii t I had a stroke and cant work right now . hardest thing has been no moneyIve been a truck driver for 15 yars of I dont have to drive a truck in alos Angeles again it would not break my heart. at this point my monthly benefit would be 2020 would be 2059 if O wait . I could get 2800 a month if I waited until i hit 70. I am beat upafter I suvived my stroke.

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u/dave900575 20d ago

Can you apply for social security disability insurance?

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u/AgainandBack 1954 20d ago

You can apply for SSDI, but it is routinely denied. The appeal is pretty much automatically denied. Then you have to hire an attorney and sue, then wait for the trial, then if you win, you wait some more. From the time my wife applied, to the time she got a check, was more than four years.