At age 62, I applire for regular retirement from Soc. Sec. I then applied for disability status because of my Parkinson's. I told them at the onset that I would still be working on a parttime basis, slowly, but necessarily for about two years, transferring my clientele for continuity of services. I told them I was still playing golf and tennis on a reduced basis as suggested stronglly by my neuroligical and other medical resources. The whole cycle took about 6 months-- first the award of my requested age 62 pension and then the award of the disability pension.I had no problems--just took a couple of "shrink" tests and an exam by their "doc". Good luck!!