Advice on getting disability

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From your doctor/s get:

1) Letters saying why you CANNOT work any longer. (make sure the doctor

does not use the word " disability " but instead writes about all the

tasks you cannot do that are connected with your work)

2) Get WRITTEN copies of every test, procedure you have had - MRI,

Xrays, DNA test, EMG/NCV, nerve biopsy, etc.

3) Once you have these, apply for disability using the on-line

application. At the end of it there is a cover page which you print out

and attach it to the copies of written reports from your doctor -

remember, everything MUST be about why you CANNOT work - not using the

word " disability " . In describing your CMT in the application, state it

is a PERIPHERAL Neuropathy. Also in that application, state if you use

AFOs, other devices, have breathing problems, or other medical issues

from CMT/PN. If you have been receiving PT or OT mention that too.

4) After you file your application on-line, print out a copy of it for

yourself. You will also need a complete list of your work history for

the last 10-15 years, describing the work you did, giving the

employer's name, address, etc.

5) There is also a section on what doctors you have seen and if you

have been hospitalized, list the hospitals. Then there are the medical

release forms for you to print out, sign, date, and have a witness sign.

~ Gretchen