There is an End in Sight to the Disability Saga

Michael's attorney called late yesterday. The disability judge offered a proposal.... something he said she RARELY does. If we agree to change the date of disability from 8/2013 to 4/15/2014 she will likely approve Michael's disability. My guess is that she is refusing to use the CTE (remember - it can't be officially diagnosed until after death) and she's using the date he was diagnosed with POTS.  It means that we would lose about 8 months of back pay (roughly $11,000), but if we don't, she'll likely deny it and we'll have to wait another long 18+ month through more appeals.  

After a lot of consideration, we've decided to accept her offer. We just want this behind us and we need the stress of this process to be gone.  Unfortunately, we still won't see ANY of his money or regular checks until at least March... so there's still a 3-4 months of complete financial chaos until then. We are leaving the fundraising page up until then in order to help get through. 

BUT... the good news is the end is near!