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Tom Jones
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 9:22 am: | 
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What are a "significant number" of jobs in the Carolinas?
When you ask a doctor point blank "what is going on here/the problem"? And they seem to go around the question,dismiss it, don't care, or don't know, regards to Pain, but want to send you here and there for tests or treatment and prescrible pain killlers. Is there another way to direct the question to get a correct answer? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, August 30, 2003 - 6:45 am: |
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The first question is a great one. Under the rules, you are disabled if you cannot perform your old work or a "significant number" of jobs. So, how many are a "significant number"? The answer to that question varies wildly depending on complex circumstances. If you fall under one of the "grids," which are categories in the regulations that describe certain sorts of cases, you must be found disabled even though you can physically handle several thousands of job types. But if you don't, the judge might be able to turn you down if you are only able to do a handful of jobs, that you will never be hired for as a practical matter.
I cannot answer the second half of your question; it is a medical question, an important one. All I can suggest is that you keep searching for the answer outside the medical community as well as inside it. |
Larry Newman (Larrynewmann)
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Username: Larrynewmann
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 06, 2005 - 11:02 pm: |
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I recieved my SD in 2000, I since returned to college and recieved my Assoicates degree while drawing benifits. I then gained a part time job in 2004, and went on to draw benifits and worked part time for about a year. This was a part time desk job, then I used my degree and gained a job that was more physical. All the while still trying to better myself using the ticket to work. On this physical job my body broke down and I am not able to keep this job.
My question is, how hard is it to to reieve benifits again after using the ticket to work program. The information says I have up to 5 years and still be able to reactivate my claim.
I have major back pain and damage in the right leg. I also suffered from chronic depression and a lot of other things that got me my appointed SD with no second appeal. However I haven't really visited the doctor much in the past year as I have been trying to grind through the pain and try to make a better life for myself and wife.
What is the process for the work to ticket, if i need to get back on my benifits? |
Anonymous
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 10:37 pm: |
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I qualified for SSDI,I have had residual income come in from work performed prior to my disability(I am a sole proprietor)...will the income that came in for work done prior to disability be counted as SGA or used as a "trial work month"?Is there some type of form I am supposed to fill out?(I know that I have to let SS know if I work..but this isn't work it is just residual income trickling in.) Thanks! |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
Board Administrator
Username: Admin
Post Number: 1013
Registered: 5-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 5:40 am: |
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This is a tough question. The presumption by the Administration is that the money is earned when reported, and so they will probably start off saying you are working if it is even a fairly small amount of money. If it ain't much, it might not be worth the trouble it causes you. If it is a lot, talk to a lawyer BEFORE you get the money; you can try to report it in such a way that it is clear that it is not for work performed currently. Be careful! You are almost bound to have trouble if not! |
Anastasia (Anastasia)
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Username: Anastasia
Post Number: 1
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 04, 2005 - 4:28 pm: |
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First,
I have a technical question for you. According to the SSA I currently
do not qualify for disability, because of a lack of points. I made a
phone call today to the SSA, and they said the last time I was insured
was June 2002. Put another way, they said that my SSA insurance expired
June 2002.
Beginning in December 2002 I became very ill and
have had subsequent health problems. Inbetween then and now I've worked
sporatically, and have considered the possibility of going on
disability but haven't done anything to pursue the matter until today.
Is there any way to bridge the time gap between June 2002 and December
2002, so that I may pass the initial threshold of attaining benefits of
being work-credit qualified with the info I've given you? In other
words, is there some way around this six month gap?
Assuming
that I am able to by-pass the first hurdle as mentioned above, what is
your professional opinion regarding the combination of the following
medical conditions as they relate to "winning" a disability claim:
Hashimoto's Disease, Endometriosis, Adhesive Lesion Disease, Carpel
Tunnel Syndrome, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Dysthymia, and High titers of
Epstein Barr virus (CFS). In addition to what's been mentioned I may
also have insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus I (a doctor appointment
in two weeks and I will know for sure), and perhaps "dry eye syndrome"
as well (a doctor appointment in one week).
I'm in my mid-thirties, although sometimes it feels like I'm going on 95. |
Anastasia (Anastasia)
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Username: Anastasia
Post Number: 2
Registered: 11-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, November 04, 2005 - 4:29 pm: |
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Ah,
one more question...I almost forgot. My husband says that I should not
even try to get onto SSD because later when I (feel better and) try to
pursue employment my employer will be able to (1) ask me if I've been
on SSA assistance, and/or (2) be able to retrieve this info via a
background check. He thinks it's a "hornet's nest" to even think about
going on SSD because of how it will negatively affect my employability.
Is what he says true?
I know none of this will matter if I can't even get past the first hurdle, but I was curious anyway. |
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