ElleMD, your post was not helpful at all.
I am looking for -positive- steps I can take, now. I can not go back in time in a time machine and pester them every week about my appeal. I had respect for the process and was patient, but it turns out that the process is corrupt.
I was on SSI for several years (PTSD), and when I got a well-paying job notified them immediately. Next thing I knew, I was being audited for the last 12 months of SSI. She said I couldn't have been paying my bills with the income and assets I had. I proved with statements that I'd been living...