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sharon carson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 25, 2001 - 5:41 pm: | 
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Hi my name is sharon carson. i'm writing to see if i can get social sercurity or ssi. I had a heart attack march 29, 2001. Today is June 25, 2001 not Quite 3 months. I' 42 yrs old they had to do the Balloon Angioplasty. I had three artery
clogged they did the angioplasty on one the other to are still clogged a little and can clogged up with time . my family has a history of heart disease my mom,brother died from this disease my sister had tiple by pass twice another brother has con gestive heart failure.I can't work because i get out of breath easily can't stand for a long peroid of time. I have heart palpations and some chest pain, anxiety the angioplasty is a temporary fix it does not solve the problem. forgetful sometimes. I did'nt know about disability or ssi until someone told me about it i cannot return to work because of these conditions please give me an answer soon i have an interveiw june 27st 2001.
Reply by Paul:
You certainly have a serious condition. If you cannot work, you must file. It is hard to say whether you have a good case; it depends on your age, education, work experience, and the specific impariments that you heart condition produces. It also depends, unfortunately, on the decisionmakers you happen to get. Take care and good luck. |
Linda Blevins
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 31, 2001 - 6:06 pm: |
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In June of this year I had an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. At that time I had a blood clot which broke up and went down both femoral arteries. Surgery cleared the right but not the left and it was amputated above the knee. I still have no feeling in the remaining leg. I also have degenerative disease of C-3 and C-4 and C-4 and C-5. They cut out my Medicaid so I am unable to get my medicine (coumadin). My doctor suggested that I file for SSI as I have no income.(I can't get in or out of the house alone.)I have been sleeping in my mother's living room since I got out of the hospital in August.I also have tingling in my fingers. I have an associate degree in General Studies. Before this I worked in convenience stores and one of my co-workers who is an LPN told me then that I had poor circulation, but I had no money to go to a doctor.I have no prosthesis and cannot walk with crutches. I can only use a walker for short distances as my hip hurts. Can you give me some advice? I am female, 52, and reside in Virginia. |
Paul McChesney
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 08, 2001 - 8:50 pm: |
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You should file immediately. You have a case that could be won, but could be lost; it is so important to you that if I were you I would get an attorney.
Please email me back the city in Virginia you live in and I will suggest a lawyer for you to talk to. Your condition is very serious, and of course you need help as soon as possible.
As to medicine, please see www.needymeds.com. There are probably also programs in Virginia that I do not know about; a good Virginia lawyer in your area probably knows about any local progams. Good luck with your difficult condition. |
William Nance
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 06, 2001 - 12:05 pm: |
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I am 32 years old and I have mitral valve prolapse,cardio myopathy,and ventricular tachycardia. On 4-9-01 I had an ICD implanted. I cannot return to the same job that I have done in the past. I have worked in maintenancefor a textile plant and have worked in machine shops.There are things that I cannot be in contact with such as cordless screwdrivers,cordless drills,welding,or anything giving off a high magnetic field or high voltage electricity.I have limits on lifting not more than 20 pounds on occasion.This is a life threatening disease that I have.My doctor said that it can result in sudden death.Do you think I could get approved for disability or would my age be a factor?
Reply by Paul: You certainly have a serious condition, and it would be wise to sit down and talk to a lawyer now. Whether you should file now is a harder, but very important, question, that I cannot answer. It depends on your education, work experience, what your doctors will say you can and cannot do. It is harder if you are young, but not necessarily impossible. Take care. |
Lyn Neely
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2001 - 7:51 pm: |
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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. |
mark mcoy
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, May 17, 2002 - 6:57 pm: |
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my wife is 40 she developed cardiomyopathy 11 years ago she has been receiving disability for 9 years now they have denied her benefits her condition has not improved any she takes 2 times the dose of her meds now her ejection fraction was 35 when she first started disability now it is 55-60 according to a echocardiogram but her syptoms are worse moore chest pain she now has to take nitro prn what does ssi consider normal ejection we have ask for a reconsideration have not hired a laywer yet but have talked to one what do you think |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 18, 2002 - 6:15 am: |
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That you need to hire an attorney. There is something in the file, or something missing from the file, and it is difficult to tell without seeing the file, and without experience in telling what satisfies the Administration. An attorney who handles many of these cases can tell both. |
harold puterbaugh (Harry)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, February 26, 2003 - 6:45 pm: |
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I am a 57 year old male, I suffer from , hypertension, Significant coronary artery disease, COPD, and peripheal vascular disease, the SS blue book list's automatic qualifiers as Peripheal vascular disease with a resting ankle BP of 0/50, mine is 0/0 both ankles, also they list coronary artery disease, and COPD, does this mean that I will automatically qualify? I live in NJ and have been waiting 5 months, my adjudicator say's I have another two or three months, If I automatically qualify, why the wait? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 5:19 am: |
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It sounds to me like you meet the listing, and with numbers like that I cannot imagine why they have not handed you the money before now. Maybe they do not have the documenting medical records? If so, gather them up and send them in. Maybe the onset date is not clear? Be sure the records showing the 0/0 blood pressure go back to the date you stopped working. Maybe you do not have the number right; I am no medical expert but I am not sure your ankle pressure can really be that low.
I hate to say "get a lawyer" where your disability is so clear by the numbers, but if you are denied the first time you really must; he or she can find out what went wrong.
You have not set out the listing exactly right, though with your numbers that does not matter. I set it out here to avoid misleading others; the listing does not specify any ankle pressure; it lists the ratio of ankle to brachial pressures. Here it is:
B. Intermittent claudication with marked impairment of peripheral arterial circulation as determined by Doppler studies showing:
1. Resting ankle/brachial systolic blood pressure ratio of less than 0.50; or
2. Decrease in systolic blood pressure at the ankle on exercise (see 4.00E4) of 50 percent or more of pre-exercise level at the ankle, and requiring 10 minutes or more to return to pre-exercise level. |
harold puterbaugh
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 01, 2003 - 6:25 am: |
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Paul,
thanx for the quick response, i must have mis-understood the listing, I know everytime I have a dopler test, they always tell me that they cannot get a pulse or Bp, finally with the use of amplifiers they sometimes, not always find a pulse. I cannot walk more than 50 feet on level ground without discomfort and pain in both legs.
My Adjudicator called me yesterday and wanted to know if i had ever gotten a PFD test for my COPD. As luck would have it i had one taken on tuesday, so now she wants that, then she said she would send the file on to the DR. for evaluation. She claims to have no say in wether or not I get approved, said the DR. tells her how and what to write, then what is her role in alll this?
Harry |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 10:44 am: |
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Harry: Well, that's true, and it's not. The doctor recommends; she makes a decision, it is reviewed and reversed if her bosses don't like it. But she has some say, and can dig around and find things to help you, if she wants to do that, or hurt, if she wants to do that. |
hcm1
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 1:58 pm: |
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I live in North Carolina. I am 20 years old. I have gotten my GED. I have never worked. I have Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (rare heart muscle disease). Stress would make the condition worse. Also, I cannot stand 1 hour (so 8 hour workdays would kill me!), walk back and forth continuously, get my heart rate above 80, do streinous activity and sports. I have loss of appetite and must take periactin to get an appetite. I only weigh 97 to 100 pounds at times. I should weigh 123 pounds. I lost my SSI b/c they said I could do substantial gainful activity. Also, b/c of past work experience, education, etc. Since I have never worked, I don't know what they are talking about. Only thing I did was write a poetry book which was published for FREE and I was not hired to do so, I don't consider that work. It was just a goal of mine and hobby, I enjoy doing it! Could that contribute to the reason I lost SSI? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 9:58 am: |
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I am not sure, but I doubt it. It is amazing what people they will turn down or deny. At your age, a rough guess is that you must show you cannot perform even sedentary work for a full 8 hours. If you can work of course do so. It takes very little earnings at your age to become qualified for Social Security, as opposed to SSI, which has several advantages, including Medicare, which means you can probably see a high class private doctor. In that case your check would also continue, even if you marry a rich man. If you earn too much, you might get so much Social Secuirty Disability that you lose Medicaid, but that is unlikely.
If you cannot, you should hire a lawyer and file a new claim or appeal your old one. If you have been denied recently, watch two deadlines: you have 60 days to appeal, but only ten days to appeal if you want to keep your check coming while you appeal - which has advantages and disadvantages.
Take care and good luck. |
hcm1
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 24, 2003 - 11:38 am: |
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I added this subject b/c awareness needs to raised on this rare heart muscle disease! Does anyone else have this and are you on SSI? Was your SSI taken away? Mine was and this is a valid disease, is it not? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Sure; that's the idea. I have moved it here to make it systematic. Come back and tell us what you learn. |
bob
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, November 17, 2003 - 2:36 pm: |
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Im 59yrs old a male i worked 40 years as a sheet metal worker and also a maiantence worker i was just turned down from disability after 10 monthes of waiting I had a anuyusm arotic valve mavanieal put in had a ring out arounf the mitral vave had a bypass had a heart attack year ago im on blood pressure med 5mg of couuadine a day zocor plys asprin now disability said i cant go back to my jos if any but they turned me down so my attroney is appealling but why would they put me through all this for god no how long its hard with nothing coming in to live on but to put someone through all this after me paying ss. for 40 years is just nuts what do u think please |
BRYAN w\ HCm
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I also have HCM. I have had two experiences where I have passed out and my difulator has gone off. I am 22 years old. My doctor's highly recommend that I do not drive anymore because of this. Is there a fund or disabiltiy I can collect to help with the funds it takes to get to work and to live a half way normal life. |
Mark Young
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I am a 41 year old male with non ishemic cardiomapthy with an ejection fraction in the 20% range with left ventricle enlargement. I also have some pvc's which run in LV bigemeny beats. I have a previous history of cancer of which is in remission the last 15 years. I am morbidly obese and can not safely have gastric bypass of which I have consulted a good doctor. I have a good deal of scare tissue from a spleen removal and 3 stomach laps. Can I be assured of disability in Charlotte,nc and how long? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 5:29 am: |
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Mark: Sorry I missed your post. An ejection fraction of 20% is at the level where you have a good chance to win a disability case. Your heart is not pumping enough blood for you to do much. You should certainly pursue a disability claim. |
Christine Allen
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I have a friend who has never worked, she just turned 60 and has no income. I helped her apply for SSI a couple of weeks ago and pray she is approved. She has alot of medical problems but NO money for doctors or medicine. She was turned down once about 2 years ago for SS disability and did not have enough drive to continue the claim. I guess my question is....without a specific medical problem but definately several untreated mental and physical problems what will happen with her SSI claim. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2004 - 7:02 am: |
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The law puts it a little differently, but as a practical matter it is difficult to win a disability claim without a definite diagnosis. Lack of money is a difficulty, but often a case can be developed using intellegence and experience instead of money. That intellegence and experience resides in the heads of a number of lawyers scattered around the country. |
BOB
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 06, 2004 - 7:01 pm: |
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Well PAUL THIS IS BOB FROM OHIO THE ONE WITH THE ANURYUSM AROTIC VALVE WELL IM WAITING NOW TO GO BEFORE A JUDGE THAT WILL BE ANOTHER YEAR I WILL BE 60 IN JAN.2005. IT HAS NOT BEEN EASY WHEN A LAWYER SAYS ON THE APPEAL DIRE NEED DOES IT REALLY GET LOOKED AT A LITTLE SOONER?ESPICIAL IF YOU ARE LIVING ON 250 A MONTH YOUR WIFE DISABILITY |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, September 05, 2004 - 8:22 am: |
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Bob, your lawyer can tell better than I can. Take care and good luck. |
Edie
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, September 10, 2004 - 10:40 am: |
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I don't know what is wrong with my heart but I can be sitting around and will be calm and my heart starts racing and I have to take a deep breath because I feel like I can't breath what is that caused from?
should I try to get disability from this? |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 5:13 am: |
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I am an ok lawyer but not much of a doctor. Get yourself looked at carefully by a doctor, and find out if your problem can be fixed. If it cannot, and if it interferes with work, start thinking about a disability claim. Don't wait around! |
johncote
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i am a 43 y.o. male had swelling of the lower extremes then had a bad leg ulcer they did a ekg and found out i have low voltage to my heart and i can not say use a hammer for more then 5 min them my arm becomes unable to use
does this qualify me for disability |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 7:14 am: |
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It well might. If you have a leg ulcer because of circulation problems you probably have pretty serious problems; and if pills will not control the swelling of your lower legs, and you must prop them for hours a day, it is going to be hard to find a job.
But I cannot say for sure, and of course the Administration might turn you down even if you are disabled.
Talk carefully to your doctor and be sure he supports you, and maybe sit down and talk to a lawyer.
Take care and good luck. |
glennF (Unregistered Guest)
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I am a 54 year old male who had a heart attack in 2001 and in Sept. of 2004, had quadruple bypass surgery. I also have diabetes and hypertension. I have been unemployed since 3/04 when I was downsized by my company. The only type of work I have been able to get at this point has been physical labor. I have only the qualifications from being a manufacturing supervisor for 27 years. No jobs have come available. I am currently trying to keep my job which is on midnight shift. It is very physically tiring for me and throws my sugar level all off. I won't be able to do this much longer. Would I be able to apply for some sort of disability? Thank you. |
Paul McChesney (Admin)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 06, 2005 - 6:48 am: |
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You have not named any physical limitations that establish disability, but with a quadruple bypass and diabetes, I suspect that they are there. Maybe hang on to your job for a little while, and talk to a good disability lawyer. You need to get a feel for your chances before letting go. I would be happy to talk to you if you live anywhere around the Carolinas.
I see a lot of people who would never be able to get hired, but are nevertheless working because they have been at a job so long. When they are fired they don't think of then filing for disability, and of course it is better to work if possible. But often they are losing long term disability coverage unless they file immediately, claiming disability from the date they were fired.
I am not saying you should have done this, but your situation illustrates their dilemma, especially if, as I bet is so, your current job does not have bene |
