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alpha1086
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:13 pm: | 
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My daughter, age 19,was diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy in Oct. of 2002. This after an injury to her left foot in April of the same year she had many tests and visits to different specialists, was mis-diagnosed with compartment syndrome (which was surgically released). She was in a wheelchair until Jan. 2003. After much phyiscal therapy she progressed to crutches and was walking by Feb. 2003. She then injured her left knee and it started all over again in May 2003, she went back into therapy and was walking again by June 2003. On August 25th she again injured her foot when someone stepped on it and is now having all the same problems. Even during the times she is able to walk her left foot, leg and knee swell and become extremly painful. We were told that this will never go away she will always have to deal with it and now she has no insurance, no chance of holding a real job. Ashley has worked very little before this started and only 12 hrs a week for her self employed father since this has started. She was on medicaid but has since turned 19 and is no longer receiving medicaid. We live in South Carolina. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 01, 2003 - 5:58 am: |
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At her young age, it is important that she work as much as she can to earn "credits" so that she will qualify for disability benefits in case she ever needs to go on disability. It only takes a few thousand dollars of earnings to get 4 credits, the maximum that you can earn in a year. People who have serious health problems should always report every penny of earnings, so that they will remain qualified. You do not have to work at a "real" job to earn enough to stay qualified, and her idea of working for her father is an excellent one for this purpose.
In 2003, you only have to earn $890 to get one quarter of coverage, so she should be sure to earn, and report, 4 times that amount. Every year the amount goes up; to find out the amount needed for any year, call 1 800 772 1213.
At her age, I believe that she only has to have 6 credits to be able to file for Social Security disability, and she can file for SSI if she is broke, which she probably is. It is always a shame for someone young to have to apply, but she might have no other choice.
Please see the section of the website dealing with assistance for suggestions about medical care. There are no good solutions. It is here: assistance
I would also suggest that, if she is the sort of person who would benefit from it, it is important that she get as much education as she can. If she is highly skilled, a physical impairment is not such as serious problem. Right now, she might be able to afford an education. Later, it might be impossible for her. |
A.D.VAUGHN
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 20, 2003 - 3:19 pm: |
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I HAVE RECENTLY BECOME UNABLE TO DO MY JOB DUE TO A RECURRENT BACK INJURY ON TOP OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT LEFT ME HAVING DEPRESSION AND SEVERE PANIC ATTACKS.ALSO HAVE BAD NERVES. I AM MARRIED WITH TWO KIDS 42 YEARS OLD WITH A GED AND CDL CLASS A DRIVERS LICENCE.SKILLED IN MANY AREAS SUCH AS HYSTER DRIVER FINISH ELECTRIAN AND ASSORTED OTHER SKILLS NONE OF WHICH MY INJURIES WILL ALLOW ME TO DO WITHOUT SEVERE PAIN IN BACK AND LEG.DO YOU THINK I WOULD HAVE A GOOD CASE TO CONSIDER FOR SSI. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, October 24, 2003 - 6:42 am: |
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A.D.: You might well qualify for SSI or Social Security Disability or both. Whether you will win or not depends on how well your impairments are documented, and whether there are any medical documents, however inaccurate, that tend to show you are not disabled. In light of your good work skills and young age, you would probably have to prove that you cannot attend work on a predictable basis. |
angie holt
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 5:43 am: |
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hi im a young adult 27 my work history is not good due to back problems and shoulder pain neck pain and major headaches the longest i worked at one time was 1 yr and it was because of major medications of which i became addicted to i have numbness in my right arm and dizzyness with headaches and nerves are shot and have became depressed they say because of the pain is so bad and so often i signed up for my disablity 2 years ago finally got a court date and i was wondering what do you think my doctor wrote a statement saying i have tried to work and he advised me not to do so anylonger due to the fact it only makes things worse the more i use my right arm the swelling gets worse the headaches come more often and so forth what do you think |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 29, 2004 - 12:49 pm: |
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It is really impossible to say based on what you tell me. Your age makes it more difficult. Ideally you need to have firm diagnoses, clear objective medicals documenting specific limitations that a vocational expert would say is disabling. It is unlikely that you will have all that unless you get an attorney.
Take care and good luck. |
S.Price
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, October 02, 2004 - 1:04 am: |
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What is the rule conserning ss disability for people over 50 I have been turned down thru the first two steps and waiting for a hearing |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 2:23 pm: |
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Ms. Price: If you have been turned down twice there is something missing in your file and you cannot figure out what it is. You certainly need hire an attorney who has made it his life's work to figure out what is missing in such cases. Where 50 year olds have only done non-sedentary physical labor, and have no transferrable work skills, they might be successful; otherwise they are treated very nearly like younger individuals. |
ALICIA DIAZ
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 5:50 pm: |
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I am 23 (female) I've had seizures for 6 years it accured when I was 5 months pregnant and never went away. Between Sat. and Sun. I had 8 seizures. I graduated from high school, there after I worked at a telemarketing company 3 months later I moved up to secretary. Then my job and family life got stressful so then my seizures got worse.I had a second child after she was born I was diagnosed with lupus. do to my illness I am not able to carry, bath, or just hold either one of my daughters. I don't sleep through the night, some days I can not walk, and when I get up I have to get help. San Antonio, TX |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2004 - 2:18 pm: |
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Alicia: You certainly sound disabled to me. If you are having major seizures more often than once a month despite best control, and can prove it, you are going to have a time getting disability. Sometimes lupus can be controlled, but if not it can be a serious disease. You should file, maybe hire an attorney, and you should get your earnings record from the Administration and be sure that you somehow maintain your eligibility by earning enough money every year. That's a lot, I know. Take care. |
Michele Moore (Mmoore)
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Registered: 12-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 10:31 am: |
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My uncle who is 47 years old had part of his foot cut off in a combine accident. It is extremely difficult for him to stand as well as walk for long periods of times. He has had several surgeries. He farms for a living which make it difficult because he can not drive a tractor and standing to work on equipment is very hard to do. He has applied a couple of time for disability and been turned down. We live in South Carolina. Should he retain a lawyer? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 6:01 am: |
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Well, he should certainly sit down and talk to an attorney who handles a lot of disability cases. It is plain that he is not going to be successful on his own, since he has been turned down so often.
If you are limited to sedentary work, your chances of winning a disability case go up when you turn 50.
Assuming he can read and write, before 50 it is not enough to show you cannot do stand up work, or your old work. After 50 some people limited to sit down work will be found disabled.
Are there other impairments that you have not mentioned? Does he have to elevate his foot, for example? When I talk to people, I often find impairments that are important, that they have not thought to mention. |
