    
Lyn Neely
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Votes: 0 | | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 7:51 pm: | |
My husband is 58 yrs of age, he had a stroke in 97
while he lost his right hand and leg movements, with constant training he got it back to normal.
He had a real bad accident about 15 yrs ago and they put pins in his shoulder till it healed. He now has arthritis in his right arm so to the fact that he can not qualify with his gun, (he is a chief deputy in law enforcement) In July of this yr he had a quad bypass. The doctor say that the heart and lung machine that he was on during the surgery has brought out the emphysema, also his memory has really got bad since the surgery, the Dr. has had him go to a Psychologist, that says the he has 1.cognitive disorder 2. obsessive compulsive traits 3.stress causing attention and concentration (another words) she said he has anxiety. and should be put on prozac or some medicine of this trate for about 9 months.
Because of his memory and arm he has lost his job. He would be retiring in a few years anyway but after 20 yrs in this job he has only social security. The sheriff has wrote a very nice letter stating why he has had to let him go and will help in anyway he can. So with
High blood pressure
quad bypass
memory problems
emphysema
arthritis
Do you think he can get SSD?
Reply by PaulI certainly hope so. He probably, but not certainly, has enough work skills so that if his body would let him he could perform clerical work; I say this because there is a clerical component to most law enforcement work.
If this is so, it would mean that he probably has to show he cannot attend even the lightest work on a regular basis in order to win a claim.
He should certainly file, and the sooner the better. This does not mean that he should not continue to struggle to help himself in any way he can, including work if that ever becomes possible.
It troubles me that he does not have any long term disability or other claim through work? Is that so?
Please do gather up all of his benefit booklets, study them carefully, and then take them to a disability attorney in order to be sure that you are not overlooking some claim he might make or help he might get. There will be local programs that might help, too. A local disability attorney who is any good will know all of them. |
