Waiting In South Carolina

From WSPA in Greenville-Spartanburg, SC:

It’s a monstrous problem, one we hear about dozens of times each day here at News Channel 7. Viewers in our area filing for Social Security Disability insurance benefits and waiting years for answers. ...

“My life has changed dramatically since that one fateful day back in January of ‘06,” said Penny Knight.

That’s when Knight says she lost consciousness from a violent seizure.

“I know that my body is contorting and something is happening,” she said.

She says it’s all due a head injury she got during a car wreck more than 20 years ago. Knight says she used to stock shelves 6 days a week and was on her feet 10-12 hours each day. She says she can’t do that anymore because the of seizures and depression. In 2006, she applied for disability benefits with the Social Security Administration and was denied. She appealed and has been waiting two-and-a-half years for a hearing in front of a judge.

“It is a waiting game and a paper pushing game,” said Knight.

When 7 On Your Side got involved Knight got a hearing within weeks and a final answer a week later.

Amazing how quickly things happened for Ms. Knight after. a television reporter called Social Security just before an election. Now, if a few hundred thousand other people could just get the same treatment, things would be great!