I had a stroke on my job, it turned out when I went in the hospital, they determined it was my second stroke. I was a commercial truck driver. I also was the son of elderly parents. Even though. I am fully favorable, (disabled) I don't qualify for Social Security Disability. It seems crazy that Social Security is failing Americans every day, Americans who are actually disabled and unable to work. I have not been able to work since 2013. I worked my whole life on decent paying jobs. What I find amazing is that Social Security is miserably failing Americans everyday. How can I be disabled and unable to work, but not be eligible to receive Social Security Disability payments? It doesn't matter that you are disabled. It doesn't matter if you are unable to work. What matters to Social Security is if you worked 5 of the last 10 years. I had worked only 3 of the last 10 years, when I had my second stroke. It really never mattered whether I was disabled or not. Whether I was able to provide myself an income. It also didn't matter, that I had elderly parents who had become sick and needed my help in caring for them at certain periods of my employment. The interruptions in my employment because of me having to stop working to care for elderly parents, is why I was denied. It seems a common predicament, a workers employment, being interrupted, because of the need to care for their elderly parents, but Social Security doesn't care if someone is disabled or not. They don't care if you can work or not. All that matters with Social Security, is if you have worked 5 of the last 10 years. Disabilities and a person's ability to work are not the issue. What is important to Social Security is whether you qualify for benefits or not. They will send you to many doctors appointments. You can pour your heart of to their doctors, and find out you got denied. You will be confused because you know better than anyone, that you are indeed unable to work. It really is a strange feeling, being denied when you know you're sick, or know you can't perform the duties of your jobs, but a social security doctor you spend 15 minutes with, say "Nope, you're fine, nothing is wrong with you. What is the craziest about Social Security, is they will send you to doctor after doctor, trying to find one that can say "You're not disabled". They can know already that you don't qualify, but they can still send you through all the motions, like there's a possibility, but you were never qualified. I just found out after waiting 13 years to be treated fairly by Social Security and my previous employer. Why did I have to go through all the motions, hoping to get some relief, if it was never possible from the very beginning? Social Security ruined my life. I'm hoping now that I, can file a lawsuit. I have contacted my Congressman to ask for assistance and ask for change. So, because I happened to have an interruption in my employment to care for an elderly parent, I am disqualified to receive disability payments, even though I am disabled. That doesn't seem right, because I would imagine, its fairly common, for employees to have interruptions in their employment, because of having to care for a sick family member. How can working 5 of the last 10 years, be what deems you qualified or not? How can the fact that you are disabled and unable to work, not play a role in deciding whether you qualify or not! How many years you worked detirmines if you qualify, but your disability has nothing to do with if you qualify or not? This seems backwards to me and extremely unfair. Social Security I have contacted my Congressman.!

I went to my local office today to get a critical payment CHECK issue per the instructions of a local office employee I spoke with yesterday. The employee did not tell me I needed to turn in any documents. I asked for the supervisor of the rude employee who stated that the phone person "should not be telling people to come in and get a check." I then asked for his supervisor. She came out equally rude and stated, "no one told you that!" I told her my rent was 1100 and there is a 75 late fee and the check is only 1266. She didn't care. I then told her you can see my case and ALL I've been through don't you think or have a heart to just issue the check right now? She stated no. She stated, " the only way I'm giving you a check is if you have proof of eviction or some other hardship". She wanted me to leave the office and go get a letter affirming my rent and late fee. I said no and why would I? No one told me that yesterday.
SSA's critical payment requires a hardship and OR PUBLIC RELATIONS issue.

I'm not certain how the supervisor didn't think the worker threatening me with 1st hand private HR information that I can/will expose on social media is NOT a PR problem. These are the things she told me:
1. Local SSA reps are not drug tested.
2. They can not be fired. They have to do something so severe it calls for an arrest.
3. Calls to the local SSA are NOT monitored.
4. There is no real complaint process. If and when you complain the only thing you accomplish is to pi&! Your worker off and they are the only ones who can work your case. Supervisors don't know how and will have to then beg them to do their job.
5. She stated that I should be glad they did NOT stop my payments when I called timely and advised them of the company, address, phone, and amount of payments received because what if I needed that money.
6. She said they are the same people (the worker) that can choose to pay you or not pay you.

I believe her. I complained to my state senator and the complaint was forwarded right back to the local office where NOONE ever contacted me. They never contacted me even being provided with the aforementioned details. No one has ever even apologized for my experience or treatment.

I also believe her because the prior Caucasian office manager stood before the entire wait room and said to me, "I don't know why "you people" continue to come to this office. When I said I was going to report him. He replied, "good you are helping me to early retirement." That's exactly what he did… retire. So did the lady who I reported my employment to…retired.

This is why the reps at local offices have ZERO accountability or integrity because they have ZERO consequences.

This is why they hang up on elderly and disabled individuals. This is why they talk to you any kind of way. This is why they have no urgency in any of their duties. This is why they should be considered accomplices in the creation of most overpayments. This is why the supervisor was able to come sit at a desk with me for the 1st time and not sit upright like she was someone's boss and representing a federal agency. Instead she sat leaned over to the side almost seeming to want to rest her cheek on the palm of her hand like …girl what?!

This is a call for change and CONSEQUENCES!
How do you make a recipient have more accountability, integrity, professionalism, and respect than your own Federal employee?