Anne-Marie {and Stoj] My husband was approved for SSID on the first try-however the first try took several months of long phone calls between me and the case worker, many, many documents from his Doctors, etc. One day, I put John on the phone with the SSDI case worker and told her to talk to him. After a 15 minute conversation of her not being able to understand most of what he was saying, she agreed that he could no longer fullfill his job responsibilities. I also invited her to come to our house and talk to him "eye ball to eye ball", She decided it wasn't necessary. It takes persarverance to do this, because there are many people trying to scam the system. Legitamtate claims are worth the fight. Amy