Be aware there will be some changes coming to Social Security. Many employees with the social security administration are being laid off from an already short staff. The average wait times for application processing was 255 days and will now be pushed out much further. There is a 1.2 million app backlog. If you need to put in an application, my suggestion would be to consider hiring a Disability attorney to make sure your application is complete the first time to reduce even further delays. Also, if you are not working du to a disability, contact cms.org - Center for Medicare, and see if you can get started on Medicaid and SSI, Social Security Supplemental Income. Doing it sooner than later may be a better option.