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Did your mother appeal? If it was not her fault, and she did not have the money, they will waive the repayment requirement.

 

The disability determination is a joke benefiting lawyers. Except for a few medical conditions, they will deny an application almost every time. Then one must hire an attorney, who will usually accept a valid case, and take a certain percentage of the accrued back pay as their fee. This is why you see so many law firms dedicated to this practice. They know how to get their clients benefits, and can accurately predict their fee. Anyone hiring them take the deal as something is better than nothing.