My mom won her disability appeal today! It was the best news we could have gotten this year. It is such a relief. She has been battling the agency since October 2007.
Turns out at her last physical she was declared disabled (partial foot amputation and diminished eyesight), but some bureaucrat overrode the SSA doctor without ever examining her.
She will officially be retired in January and after her eye surgery she'll be moving in with me and FI. I'm just happy all around!
I mentioned this earlier and wanted to share the good news!