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Anonymous
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 07, 2006 - 4:42 pm: | 
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My brother is a 57 year old VietNam vet who has battled drug and alcohol abuse for years. He has been sober for 4 years. He is a high school graduate, no real job skills, and has been in the shrimping industry for 40 years. He has ruptured discs in his back, Hepititis C, and serious mental handicaps. He is currently homeless and is desperate for financial support just to stay alive. Does he qualify for any type of benefits that might help him? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Post Number: 1069
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 12, 2006 - 4:25 pm: |
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He well might qualify. The ruptured discs and hepatitis C can each cause serious problems whether he is drinking or not.
However, it is a good bit harder to win a case on any grounds when the claimant is abusing alcohol or drugs.
It is impossible to win a disability on the basis of alcoholism.
It is very difficult, for me to the point of impossibility, to win a case on psychological impairments where the person is using drugs or alcohol.
He needs to dry out to have a better chance of winning his claim. Sometimes, if you make him realize that he risks losing his case and being forever destitute if he doesn't stop drinking, that will be enough to persuade him to sober up. Often it will not be enough.
If he is a vet he should file a veteran's claim. It is my impression that the VA system is a little more sympathetic to these guys. |
francis Egan (Fran)
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Username: Fran
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Registered: 3-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 - 10:42 pm: |
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Hi: I had back surgery on March 3rd, now have neuropathy in right leg, manly keeps me awake all night. I also had a knee scope done two years ago in right leg. results is bone to bone in knee, this make me have to stand and adjust my knew to get it in right mode to walk. back surgery was on my L4 L5 vertibra area to remove a laterial herinated disk. I am 54 years old or will be in 5 days. My Job requires me to lift 50lbs or more and stand all day except when in the truck. I have an Associate degree in Accounting, but screwed that up a few years ago. I live in Tyler, Texas and work for the hospital where my surgery was done. I may be able to get a job doing a desk job, but at a lot less money. I have an adopted son and a wife who has anxeity attacks that cause sezures. She has not been able to work for 4 years due to no one will keep her once she starts having atacks at work. |
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