An attorney named John wrote me with the following question. The email address he used was not valid so I decided to answer his question on my blog. The question:
I have a client who would like to know if he can work while waiting for his SSDI benefits to be approved?
Here is my response: John, I think that any work would be evaluated under the 9 month trial work period rules (see https://ssdanswers.com/how
SSA sees things in black and white. I am therefore not a fan of work prior to the issuance of a decision. I have a case right now in which I won but the SSA investigation office found evidence of work and the decision has been reversed and the case remanded for another hearing. I think that I will have an uphill battle in that case.