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kcantu
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 17, 2003 - 11:17 pm: | 
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i am 46 years old and have worked as a registered nurse for 25 years. i have diabetes, type 1 and am on insulin. i have severe neuropathy in both legs, autonomic dysfunction causing low blodd pressure and syncope. i have frequent dizzy spells and constant ringing in my left ear. i have had an amputation of my left foot. it has become very difficult to walk with 1 foot and the neuropathy that causes numbness in both legs, as well as being constantly dizzy. does this sound like it would qualify for disability? i live in arlington, texas. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2003 - 6:04 am: |
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You nurses are so tough! If you can't attend and concentrate on work, you should be disabled. Of course you must be sure that your medical record reflects your true problems.
Diabetes in my experience very often leads to neuropathy, which can make standing and walking, as well as practical use of the hands, difficult.
As you know, syncope means passing out for cardiovascular reasons; if you pass out unpredictably and frequently enough, no employer will be able to tolerate that.
Though most RN jobs call for standing and walking, there are plenty that do not. But all call for attention and concentration to task, and if you cannot do that for a substantial part of the day, you are disabled.
But you must remember that it is not enough to be disabled; you must prove it. In other words, the medical record must mach the condition that you describe, and ideally no doctor must say otherwise.
To ensure this is so, you should get an attorney to review your record.
If you are working now, I would talk to an attorney before I quit, and be sure my long term disability was lined up, since it sometimes takes a long time to get on disability.
Take care. |
Emily
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 - 3:50 am: |
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I am 51 years old and live in Alabama. I have panic disorder, migraine headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, and nerve damage in my right leg and foot after having back surgery in '93. I have some college, and was director of a government program for 20 years, until I left in December 1999 due to the panic attacks. I thought I would be able to go back to work after a period of de-stressing, but the panic attacks have gotten worse, and now I am on the verge of being agoraphobic. I can go alone only to places within 10 minutes of my home, and then only if I know I can get to my car and get home quickly. Otherwise, my husband or other family member must be with me. I have withdrawn socially, and the only people I see outside of my family are two close friends who visit me. I take medication (Xanax, 3 mg daily), and have done so for 4+ years. The only diagnosis of the panic disorder was made by my family doctor, and I have not seen a psychiatrist. Recently, I tried to do some work for my husband who owns a business but was unable to handle the stress of being away from home and the fear of having to deal with people. Also I have a hard time focusing mentally. I'm not sure I have enough medical documentation of the panic disorder, because only my family physician diagnosed it. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 04, 2003 - 4:57 pm: |
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Emily, there are two questions: first, will you win a Social Security claim. That is a harder question to answer; if you can prove what you say you should; no one who cannot leave their home can work. But I do worry about only having treatment from a family doctor. You should try to get help from a psychiatrist or mental health.
The second question is whether you should pursue a claim. It is clear that you should do that, or else get better and go back to work; if you stay out of work much longer you will lose your eligibility for benefits.
And, as always, I suggest talking to an attorney. |
angel1966
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 10:52 am: |
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Hi
I was wondering if someone could help me. I am going before the judge next month (SSDI)and want to know if any of my medical problems qualify.
diabetes. arrythmias (daily). carpal tunnel(both hands). mild early ostearthritis in back and chest. fibromyalgia. hietal hernia. chronic pain. neuropathy. depression. mood disorder. panic disorder. mild early degenerative changes at L3-L4. mild homogeneous sclerosis involving iliac side of sacroiliac joints bilaterally. osteitis condensans ilii.
polycystic ovarian syndrome. tachycardia. reduced exercise tolerance..
I am in constant pain and always tired. So does anyone know if any of this will qualify. Thank you. Norma |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 23, 2003 - 6:53 am: |
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Angel, if you are going before a judge, that means that you have been turned down 2 times already; there well may be something in your file that makes it look like you are not disabled. If you have been turned down on your own, you almost certainly need an attorney.
The key questions that remain unanswered are how severe your problems are, and whether there is medical proof of each of them.
Take care and good luck. |
keithh
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 1:55 pm: |
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I am 28 years old and have been working full time for the last 7 years. I have constant crushing chest and shoulder pain with pains radiating down my back and arms, Occassional shortness of breath, rapid resting heart rate, chills and tremors. I have been out of work for the last 2 months. 95% of the medications they have tried have caused severe reactions including pain medications. I have seen 15 doctors and specialists and so far have been undiagnosed except for having acid reflux (which was shown not causing these symtoms). I don't know how much longer you are requried to be out of work but so far the only thing the doctors think is to refer me to a pain management clinic.
I can't sit in a chair for more then 20-30min without symtoms coming on stronger. I can type in bed for short periods of time. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 7:54 am: |
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Keith, by description of your impairments you are clearly disabled; any job requires you to attend work around 8 hours and sit up. But to win a disability case you also must have a diagnosed condition that is causing your problem. So it is essential that you get a diagnosis, and it would be ideal if you get some hard, objective data to prove your disability. |
Anitra Campbell
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I am 49 year old. No clerical skills, only textiles experience. I was diagnoised with CTS and lost my job because they didn't offer "light duty work". VRS sees me as a "risk" so they can not help me with my "work related problems". I have seen several different doctors and referrals and because they only know of "symptoms" not "pain", it's like they are saying it's in my head, not my wrist. But they want me to go to all of the doctors they "refer" me to. i am not good at talking, I express myself better in writing. I have chronic pain with severe limitations. I try and take all of the doctor advice, but at times it seems to have hurt more than helped. It's almost as if I am "(d) if I do and (d)if I don't." How can i prove to the judge that my pain is for real, when the doctors "tell" me one thing, but put different infor in the medical chart, or omit it? I need your help/advice ASAP. It's disc disease, arthritis, carpal tunnel, pillar pain,etc, I get from the doctors.These are my hands, and I need them in order to provide for myself. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 3:28 pm: |
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I think that the smartest thing you can do at this point is to get the medical records and take them to an attorney who does a lot of Social Security and is good at it. If you can't get them, he can.
It is not fair, but you tend to win or lose a Social Security case based on the Anitra that appears in the medical record, rather than the real Anitra. If the two don't match, sometimes a lawyer can help.
Take care. |
Peggy Hudson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 28, 2004 - 8:56 am: |
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I am 58 years old and a LPN for 30 years. In the last 2 years I have lost 5 jobs due to med errors because of my inability to process any material said or written to me correctly or timely. I have fibromyalgia and a very bad back and knee condition that causes me to have to take Vicodin and an antidepressant. Because of being on many different medications for the fibrmyalgia--I think this has cause my thought process to deteriorate. I have no work experience but nursing and have very little options of places that will hire me anymore. Please tell me how I can qualify for disability and what do people do while they are waiting to be approved for income to live on if they cannot find a job? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 6:25 am: |
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Q. Please tell me how I can qualify for disability
A. I set out some first impression ideas, on the condition that you will get all of your medical records and take them to an attorney who does a lot of this, to get a plan that suits your actual situation more exactly:
Once you get to be over 50, if you have no transferrable skills and are limited to sedentary work and can't go back to your prior work, you might be eligible. Once you are 55 the same if you are limited to light work.
So the keys to your case are to show that you cannot perform your old work, are limited to light work, and have no transferrable skills.
You might be able to present medical proof that the physical conditions limit you to light work, and prevent you from doing most LPN duties.
You would also have to show that you have no skills that are transferrable to other work; at 58 they have to be readily transferrable. LPN's have lots of transferrable skills, but most of them require clear thinking skills; this part of the case would have to be developed very carefully.
Q. and what do people do while they are waiting to be approved for income to live on if they cannot find a job?
A. There are a lot of different things. You must be aware that many people have to wait as long as 2 years, or more, to get to the hearing stage. While you can win quicker than that, it can certainly take 2 years.
The best way to get through that period is to work for a while at a job that offers short and long term disability, and to go out drawing that. Some people can save up money. Some try to work a little while their claim is pending, though you should talk to an attorney about your particular situation before doing that. Some people live with friends or kin. Some people slash their standard of living and make it. Many localities have survival resources that help a little or a lot; the local United Way usually knows where. Life is not the movies, and sometimes people lose all they have while they are waiting.
One key is to talk to an experienced attorney, to be completely aware of what you are in for, before you file or lose your job. |
Grady Spruell
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Votes: 67 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, December 10, 2004 - 11:18 pm: |
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Mr. McChesney:
I have applied for SSI. I applied in March, 2004. I have not worked since 2001. I have been denied SSI the first time August 30, 2004 below is a excerpt from the actual denial letter:
“On your application you stated that you are disabled because of diabetes mellitus, diabetic neuropathy, and hypertension. The medical evidence shows that your condition is not severe enough to be considered disabling. You are able to think, act in your own interest, communicate, handle your own affairs, and adjust to ordinary emotional stresses without significant difficulties. We realize that your condition keeps you from doing any of your past jobs, but it does not keep you from doing less demanding work. Based on your age, education, and past work experience, you can do other work. It has been decided, therefore, that you are not disabled according to the Social Security Act.”
Well of course, I appeal their decision through the RECONSIDERATION process. I had also applied for MEDICAID, because I was admitted to the hospital on June 4, 2004 with acute chest pain. My medical expenses for the four days came to over $40,000.00, medicaid was necessary to help defray the cost. We all know that medicaid is contingent on the approval of SSI, well when I was denied SSI, I was also denied medicaid. I only qualify for medicaid according to the Medicaid Eligibility Manual Adult Disability Rule, because I have no children. I spoke with my case worker and she submitted an appeal to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
In the mean time I surmise that my education is playing a factor along with SSI doctor’s reports are hurting my case. My work history has a wide scope from textile, manufacturing, and clerical, because of the neuropathy I can no longer perform the scope of those jobs. I have fifty-four college credits and need less than twenty credits before obtaining my AAS in Medical Office Administration. I can not perform the office systems technology credits due to the server constraint of my neuropathy. I have contacted three large law firms to solicit help in my case, Crumley & Associates, H. Russell Vicks, and Attorney Vaught of who all have turned me down. One firm did say it was due to my education.
On October 10, 2004 I received a letter from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the excerpt from that letter said the following:
“DECISION: The decision of the Catawba County Department of Social Services to deny the appellant’s application for Aid to the Disabled-Medical Assistance is hereby REVERSED on the basis of additional medical evidence.”
ISSUES INVOLVED: The denial of the appellants application for Aid to the Disabled-Medical Assistance due to the appellant’s failure to meet the disability requirement.
REASON FOR DECISION: The review of the record established that an application for Aid to the Disabled-Medical Assistance was submitted on the appellant’s behalf on July 8, 2004 through the Catawba County Department of Social Services. Section 2300 of the Medicaid Eligibility Manual requires that an applicant meet the Supplemental Security Income Standards found at 20 CFR 416 in order to be eligible for Aid to the Disabled-Medical Assistance. Following the review of the medical reports and social history, it was determined that the applicant did not meet these requirements. After being notified of the rejection of the application, the appellant appealed to the State Division of Social Services by request dated August 31, 2004.
Additional medical evidence obtained prior to the hearing and evaluated by the undersigned hearing officer verifies that the appellant equals the disability requirement referenced in the foregoing 20 CFR 416.920(f) Appendix 2. The appellant’s impairments are too restrictive to perform even a full range of sedentary exertion. Accordingly, I am asking the Catawba County Department of Social Services to certify appellant for Medical Assistance based on the appellant’s application of July 8, 2004 and medical onset of April 2004 providing all other points of eligibility were met at that time. No medical re-examination is required.
Please help me. I know generically everybody with medical situation has a good chance of getting disability. My questions are specific:
Why won’t an Attorney take my case, why does he/she feel that they can not win my case?
If Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income requirements are aligned with one another why are the two in conflict with my determination?
If no Attorney will take my case, if I am turned down in the Reconsideration phase what shall I do? I read that I can request Social Security to show Burden of Proof on my ability to find work that they feel I can perform. How do I do this?
Why are the no Vocational Rehabilitation offered during the determination phase to show proof inevitably for both parties involved?
Any suggestion would be appreciated.
Sincerely
Grady Spruell II
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Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Post Number: 930
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 6:51 am: |
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Q. We all know that medicaid is contingent on the approval of SSI, well when I was denied SSI, I was also denied medicaid.
A. Not correct. In many states, including North Carolina, you can get a favorable Medicaid ruling despite a Social Security or SSI denial.
Q. Why won’t an Attorney take my case, why does he/she feel that they can not win my case?
A. It is impossible for me to answer that question on the facts provided. You have told me a lot about the procedures in your case, but nothing about your health problems. However, the fact that DSS approved your claim for Medicaid, as is shown by the letter attached to your post, indicates that you probably have a case serious enough to get some attorney to accept. I handle cases in the Hickory area, and would be happy to talk to you on the phone, or you can keep calling attorneys.
Q. If Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income requirements are aligned with one another why are the two in conflict with my determination?
A. Both decisions are made by a branch of state government, but the Social Security Administration, a branch of the Federal government, keeps their thumb down harder on the SSI and Social Security disability claims.
Q. If no Attorney will take my case, if I am turned down in the Reconsideration phase what shall I do?
A. Keep hunting and hire a lawyer. You have been turned down on your own, so you need one.
Q. I read that I can request Social Security to show Burden of Proof on my ability to find work that they feel I can perform. How do I do this?
A. If you show you cannot do your old work, the burden is shifted to the Administration to show other work.
Q. Why are the no Vocational Rehabilitation offered during the determination phase to show proof inevitably for both parties involved?
A. This would be a good idea; I do not answer "why" questions well. They don't; I know that for sure.
Take care and good luck. |
Elaine Cash
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 16, 2005 - 9:11 pm: |
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I have been in severe depression since my Father died in 1997. I have been taking medication for the depression. I also have been keeping my Grandchildren since their Mother is a drug abuser and was recently stopped for drug trafficking. I quit my job in April because the stress from work was more than I could handle. I was head Dental Assistant for Peidmont Dental Center for 25 years. In 1997 I was having trouble with both my wrists I was check for carpal tunnel which is what I have. For several years I thought it was arthritus. So I would say I had the carpal tunnel for 15 years. Which is workers comp. and they have turned it over to someone else. I also filed for disability in Nov. 2004. With the carpal tunnel my husband cooks since I have lost a great deal of use in both hands. I can't hold my two small Ganndchildren for long. I also have trouble with my left shoulder. I'm 55 years old and the Dr. recommended surgery. At 55 years of age I have desided I do not want the surgery since I know several people who has had trouble after the surgery. My son died in Aug. of 2004 and now my depression is so severe I don't even want to get up. I am going for counseling every two weeks. I wear braces on both hands everyday. I worked on cement floors for 15 years with Peidmont Dental Center. Now I have trouble with both knees. I have fallen 3 time in the last 2 weeks. I take medication for depression, arthritus, pain med., sleeping pills, and muscle relaxer. It has taken me 1 Hour to type this due to my hands. Would you consider me disabled. Plus my Daughter stays with me because my Family is afraid to leave alone since the death of my son. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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You certainly sound disabled to me. If you can make the record match the picture that you paint for me you have a great chance of winning your case. Please make sure you keep pursuing your case. |
Patrick
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Hello,
I am in the process of applying for disability, and I have a question: What if you are disabled and your not sure what all is wrong? I have multiple issues and have no insurance or money to go to the doctor. Without doctors proof, will I be turned down? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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If you have 5 problems, but can only prove that 3 of them actually exist by medical evidence, you might win your case on those 3 impairments, but that is a little risky in some cases. If you cannot show by medical evidence that any exist, you will not win.
So, how to get the medical proof?
1) Call the United Way and find out all the free medical services in your area. Some areas have lots, some have none.
2) Call every private doctor and try to get in. Pay a little money if you have it. There are some country doctors that will treat you forever if you send them $10 a month. There are places where there are no such doctors.
3) Move to an area where one of the first two things work.
4) Work a little, even though you cannot work much, and use that money to go to a doctor.
5) Check all the nearby and not so nearby teaching hospitals.
6) Call every lawyer who lists Social Security in every phonebook of every nearby large city and ask if they will send you off for an evaluation as part of the development of your case.
7) If you file, the Administration might send you to a doctor. This more often hurts more than it helps, but in some cases it helps.
This ain't the movies, and sometimes none of this works. |
Carol Nelson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 - 10:07 pm: |
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I am a 55 year old female who has worked as a secretary in real estate office for the past 19 years. Before that I worked as a hairdresser for almost 20 years but had to quit due to extreme back and knee pain from standing for several hours at a time at this point I found that I had osteoarthritis.
I have just lost my secretarial job because my company has closed up and I do not feel that at this stage of my life I can go into another line of work because I have had both knees replaced, and still have severe pain and stiffness in them. I cannot take a job that would require any stooping, bending, walking or standing for any amount of time, or climbing stairs because of my knees and back.
My job that I just lost was causing severe neck and shoulder pain from using the computer all day. I had an MRI a few years ago on both my neck and my back and have degenerated disks in both and a disk that moves periodically and presses on my sciatic nerve that causes hip and leg pain. I also suffer from obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, hiatil hernia, a goiter on my thyroid at which I have had one half of my thyroid removed from a previous goiter that formed on it. My hands are getting very stiff and painful from the osteoarthritis that seems to be taking over my entire body.
This all makes it very difficult for me to concentrate and I am just afraid that besides my poor physical condition, I am not capable of mentally learning all there is to learn in a new line of work at this time. Is there any chance of me getting on disability at my age and with this multitude of problems? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Post Number: 1005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 5:34 am: |
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Carol:
Q. I worked as a hairdresser for almost 20 years but had to quit due to extreme back and knee pain from standing for several hours at a time at this point I found that I had osteoarthritis.
A. That was smart of you to change to a sedentary line of work; and folks who are beginning to have problems with work that requires physical labor should go out and learn clerical skills.
Q. I have just lost my secretarial job because my company has closed up and I do not feel that at this stage of my life I can go into another line of work . . . . I am not capable of mentally learning all there is to learn in a new line of work. . . . I cannot take a job that would require any stooping, bending, walking or standing for any amount of time, or climbing stairs because of my knees and back.
A. This is not enough. Once over 50, it might have been if stand up work was all you knew. But you must also show that you cannot return to work like your old work.
Q. My job that I just lost was causing severe neck and shoulder pain from using the computer all day. I had an MRI a few years ago on both my neck and my back and have degenerated disks in both and a disk that moves periodically and presses on my sciatic nerve that causes hip and leg pain. . . . My hands are getting very stiff and painful from the osteoarthritis that seems to be taking over my entire body.
A. OK, now you are getting there. If you can show that you cannot perform your old work, or work like it, any more because of these increasing problems, you are supposed to get disability.
And that leaves the question of proving it, with support from a doctor, which it sounds like you are close to with the MRI results, etc. |
Beth (Juanae1)
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I have cst surgery on both hand May & Sept 2004. After returning back to the dr. I was informed that I still have CST. Am 57 year and have filed for disability. I was retired from my job 3 years for workforce reduction after 27 years of service, I have a AS degree in business but did not find any work in this field so i took a production job which call for repetitive movement. Am currently take blood pressure, depression, migraines, something to aid me to sleep at night and at one point in my life I was a out going person now I only find comfort at home. Would I qualify for Social Security disability or SSI? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 7:58 am: |
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Beth, yours is a difficult question to answer. It is probably going to be clear that you cannot perform a production job because of your CST, by which I assume that you mean carpal tunnel syndrome, or CTS.
You also have to show that you cannot perform other work that you have done in the last 15 years. If you did business type work within that time, you are going to have to show why you can't do it now.
Carpal tunnel problems can prohibit typing or writing if they are severe enough. And it is hard to tell whether you just prefer your house, or have developed some significant psychological problem that would make such work difficult.
You also have to show that you cannot perform work for which your education provides a direct entry into the workforce without the need for job training. This rule might or might not apply to you because of your education.
If you can get by those hurdles you might be successful in a claim.
Because of the unusually tricky nature of your claim, I suggest that you sit down and talk to a lawyer who handles a lot of these claims right now.
In any case, if you find you cannot get back to work, you must file, whatever your chances are. |
Anonymous
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I have a 60 drgree curvature of my spine (Scoliosis). suffer leg cramps, numbness in hands and feet, intense back pain and depression fron all this, plus the added stress of being deyied benefits as I "Can Work" as they say. I even appied for a job with my local Social Security Office only to be turned down. I did list that I had to lie down during day to releive pain as my rib cage rests almost on hip bone on one side.
If they say I "Can Work" and they will not even hire me knowing of this, who will? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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If you can prove that you have the limitations that you described, you should be found disabled in the long run; if you cannot attend work on a predictable basis you are unemployable.
The problem is not one of fact, but one of proof. The problem is either that the medical records in your file do not reflect this degree of problem, or else the decisionmaker is ignoring them.
Usually a good lawyer can solve either of these problems, given time.
It is not sufficient to prove that you cannot work as an employee of the Social Security Administration; you must prove that you cannot work anywhere. There are many people that could not do the clerical type of work that is required at by the Administration, but could do other sorts of work.
And it is not enough to prove that a particular employer will not hire you, or, though this is unfair, it is not enough to show that all employers will not hire you. The law says that you have to show that, if you were hired, you could not do the work. |
gary musick
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 27, 2003 - 2:39 pm: |
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I have been diagnosed with "osteoarthritis" and "spinal stenosis",with
significant degenerative disc disease at L4-L5 and L5-S1 and i have
still been turned down twice by "social security".Whats going on???? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Gary: This illustrates a common misconception about most medical
conditions: for most, a diagnosis is not enough. There are many people
with osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis, and degenerative disc disease
that are able to work easily; and many who are disabled. You must
establish the severity of the disease, and you must show specifically
how the limitations it causes prevent you from doing any work. Good
lawyers know exactly how to do that. |
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