I get SS disability. I remember when I applied, I had to not only see my dr, attesting to the fact that I could no longer do the job, but, had to see their state dr, and had to drive almost 6 hrs in winter weather to South Jersey where I was first living.
I did at one point give up SS and got a job, I thought I could handle. The boss laid me off right before my 3 mth evaluation. No reason given. It went to appeal, they said that I could not keep up with the work, that was bull dinky. It was because of my disablity. Anyway, I went back to SS and my SS was reinsated, although I had to go through the normal wait period and get a lump sum back payment.