Our prayers are with you. Lord help you if you are in the USA, because the system sucks. It took over two years for my sister to get her disability. Here are some pointers:
Get a large 5 inch note book. Keep everything you receive from them…and I mean everything.
Keep notes of who you talk to, date and time, and what they say. But don’t ever count on them being honest about that conversation. Still keep the notes.
Go in person and get things time stamped and dated. Keep copies, keep copies.
As a rule the first time you are denied and then have to wait 6 months to re-apply. It is standard practice to “weed out fraudulent applicants.” As if the whole world wants to be on disability and live in poverty as a result.
Make sure your bank account never has more than 2K in it. You may own only one car and it has to be 6 years old or older. You can own your home if you have been so lucky as to have one.
Try to avoid going the route of lawyers as they land up getting paid out of your money, but if you can find someone you trust to help you with this. Do as much as you can in person, not over the phone. Also, get a copy of all your medical records and I mean as far back as you can, or at least as far back as the start of your issues related to the disability. And from now on ask for your medical records once a year and keep them. You won’t believe how many of those can suddenly “disappear or get lost” when it comes to making claims for disability. You need your own set.
If you ever want to PM me feel free.