Anyone here on ssdi or ssi due to chondromalacia?

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone

I recently applied for ssi and ssdi. I worked full time since I was

19, am almost 34 now but can no longer work presently. I have other

conditions besides chondromalacia but was wondering if anyone was on

ssi or ssdi due to chondromalacia.

I had lateral release surgery on one knee last year, it helped for

about 6 months and now is back to grinding and being swollen again.

Also I get sharp pains at times when walking...

I don't want to keep having surgery.

I was born with a congenital defect called patella alta which caused

the chondromalacia.

Would like some feedback on the ssi/ssdi process regarding

chondromalacia/arthriits etc.

Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hey,

Haven't been here in awhile but have read some of the recent postings

and have a lot of sympathy for the people here.

I am 50 years old and I was diagnosed with CP in 1976 while in the

Navy. Well, I had to quit my job in 2004 because of the pain. I worked

in an auto-related production facility. It was nine months after I had

to quit my job that I applied for ssd and then a month later, applied

for benefits from the Navy because I was diagnosed while serving with

them. It was about 3 months from the time I applied for ssd that I was

denied benefits. Given that fact, I got a lawyer and am appealing that

presently. I was told that it was a waiting game and that is what I

have been doing since then. Both ssd and the navy have all of the

paperwork (medical records, etc.) that they have asked for and like I

said...just a waiting game. My daily routine has changed drastically

and I hope that this gets resolved soon.

Rocco

>

> Hi everyone

>

> I recently applied for ssi and ssdi. I worked full time since I was

> 19, am almost 34 now but can no longer work presently. I have other

> conditions besides chondromalacia but was wondering if anyone was on

> ssi or ssdi due to chondromalacia.

>

> I had lateral release surgery on one knee last year, it helped for

> about 6 months and now is back to grinding and being swollen again.

> Also I get sharp pains at times when walking...

>

> I don't want to keep having surgery.

>

> I was born with a congenital defect called patella alta which caused

> the chondromalacia.

>

> Would like some feedback on the ssi/ssdi process regarding

> chondromalacia/arthriits etc.

>

> Thanks

>