this just sucks....SSDI

[Guest guest]

Well everyone, I got the decision from my hearing.  They denied me.  Yup.  You

read that right.  I couldn't believe it myself especially when they asked the

vocational specialist if there were any jobs I could do with the limitations

placed on me by my psychiatrist and she said NO.  Well, obviously, the brand new

administrative judge knows something we all don't....there are magical jobs out

there.  He also said that I can take care of my kids, get on the internet, read

books, and watch TV....not consistently!  It all depends on how I feel whether I

do those things or not.  Sometimes I can only listen to stuff.  Anyway.  So he

definitely got some things messed up and I may not have represented myself very

well because I was all flustered when I got there due to being lost.  So now I

have to appeal everything.  I am going to call my attorney tomorrow and see what

we can do. I am also going to write up how I do get through a day on a

day-to-day

basis.  I will also have people willing to write their documentation of my

functioning.  HE also thought I went out with friends.  yeah right.  most of the

time I wind up canceling on them.

So if anyone has been through the hearing process and had to move on to appeal

that decision....how did it go?  Were you successful eventually?

Hugs to you all.  I am not doing well and see the physical medicine people

tomorrow.  So that should help my case too.  I hate the fact that I managed to

pull a brand new judge.  I think if it had been anyone else, it would have gone

through immediately.  

I am going to write that no one is going to employ someone who can't be depended

upon.  He also thought I balanced my checkbook!  Ha!  With my bipolar, I tend to

overspend, so guess what....hubby is in control of finances.  I haven't balanced

a checkbook in a year or more.  So I think my best bet is getting hubby, my

daughter, my mom and my friends to write what they think of my daily functioning

and submit those.

Sorry for the novel folks.Cat

[Guest guest]

Cat, I fought for 14 years and finally got my SSDI a year ago.I was turned down

three times on paper although SS doctor and psycharist said I should have it. I

hired a lawyer and went before a crazy judge who was in his late 80's.

Obviously, he should have been retired about 20 years prior but my lawyer said

it was almost impossible to get a SS judge to step down. I was denied on the

premise that I had a boyfriend. My mother and I  first cracked up because I had

not dated for over ten years due to my pain. The judge's law clerk found an

entry that a substitute doctor at a clinic had put in about advising me to swim

everyday and I had a boyfriend's pool to swim in. Which was a lie because what I

told the doctor was that I do not know how to swim.. I had taken water aerobics

and it made my pain worse but I would consider using a male's friend's pool to

try to once again. So I had to take my case before the federal court to have my

denial overturned. My

denial was overturned and referred back to state government like I had never to

court in the first place.After another  two years I finally went back to court.

Walked in.. it was the crazy judge who had denied me in the first place. I was

determined he was not going to deny me this time. I cried and cried and cried. I

cussed. I threw a fit. The vocation expert for SS at my very first hearing said

there was no way I could work. The vocational expert at this hearing said I

could not work after the judge suggested I become a taxi cab driver. I looked at

the judge and said. I take pain medication everyday, would you want to ride in a

cab I am driving while I am under the influence? I was finally rewarded my SSDI.

If you have any questions, I would be glad to talk to you on the phone. It is

hard for me to type for extended periods of time. Good luck!

Subject: this just sucks....SSDI

To: fibromyalgia_hurts_supportgroup , fibrotalk ,

FMily , Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ,

Hugs-N-Pain , beingsick

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:23 PM

 

Well everyone, I got the decision from my hearing.  They denied me.  Yup.

 You read that right.  I couldn't believe it myself especially when they asked

the vocational specialist if there were any jobs I could do with the limitations

placed on me by my psychiatrist and she said NO.  Well, obviously, the brand

new administrative judge knows something we all don't....there are magical jobs

out there.  He also said that I can take care of my kids, get on the internet,

read books, and watch TV....not consistently!  It all depends on how I feel

whether I do those things or not.  Sometimes I can only listen to stuff.

 Anyway.  So he definitely got some things messed up and I may not have

represented myself very well because I was all flustered when I got there due to

being lost.  So now I have to appeal everything.  I am going to call my

attorney tomorrow and see what we can do. I am also going to write up how I do

get through a day on a day-to-day

basis.  I will also have people willing to write their documentation of my

functioning.  HE also thought I went out with friends.  yeah right.  most of

the time I wind up canceling on them.

So if anyone has been through the hearing process and had to move on to appeal

that decision.... how did it go?  Were you successful eventually?

Hugs to you all.  I am not doing well and see the physical medicine people

tomorrow.  So that should help my case too.  I hate the fact that I managed to

pull a brand new judge.  I think if it had been anyone else, it would have gone

through immediately.  

I am going to write that no one is going to employ someone who can't be depended

upon.  He also thought I balanced my checkbook!  Ha!  With my bipolar, I tend

to overspend, so guess what....hubby is in control of finances.  I haven't

balanced a checkbook in a year or more.  So I think my best bet is getting

hubby, my daughter, my mom and my friends to write what they think of my daily

functioning and submit those.

Sorry for the novel folks.Cat

[Guest guest]

hi n long that was the same thing i told the judge would you want me to drive

under the enfluence of narcotics when i have a wrick and kill somebody i will

tell them you sead i could drive with 2 oxyconten 80s and 2 percaset 10s in me i

have to take this shit the rest of my life he gave me my ssdi donnie

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Subject: this just sucks....SSDI

To: fibromyalgia_ hurts_supportgro upyahoogroups (DOT) com, fibrotalk@yahoogrou

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Hugs-N-Pain@ yahoogroups. com, beingsick@yahoogrou ps.com

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 6:23 PM

 

Well everyone, I got the decision from my hearing.  They denied me.  Yup.

 You read that right.  I couldn't believe it myself especially when they asked

the vocational specialist if there were any jobs I could do with the limitations

placed on me by my psychiatrist and she said NO.  Well, obviously, the brand

new administrative judge knows something we all don't....there are magical jobs

out there.  He also said that I can take care of my kids, get on the internet,

read books, and watch TV....not consistently!  It all depends on how I feel

whether I do those things or not.  Sometimes I can only listen to stuff.

 Anyway.  So he definitely got some things messed up and I may not have

represented myself very well because I was all flustered when I got there due to

being lost.  So now I have to appeal everything.  I am going to call my

attorney tomorrow and see what we can do. I am also going to write up how I do

get through a day on a day-to-day

basis.  I will also have people willing to write their documentation of my

functioning.  HE also thought I went out with friends.  yeah right.  most of

the time I wind up canceling on them.

So if anyone has been through the hearing process and had to move on to appeal

that decision.... how did it go?  Were you successful eventually?

Hugs to you all.  I am not doing well and see the physical medicine people

tomorrow.  So that should help my case too.  I hate the fact that I managed to

pull a brand new judge.  I think if it had been anyone else, it would have gone

through immediately.  

I am going to write that no one is going to employ someone who can't be depended

upon.  He also thought I balanced my checkbook!  Ha!  With my bipolar, I tend

to overspend, so guess what....hubby is in control of finances.  I haven't

balanced a checkbook in a year or more.  So I think my best bet is getting

hubby, my daughter, my mom and my friends to write what they think of my daily

functioning and submit those.

Sorry for the novel folks.Cat

[Guest guest]

Wow...sorry to hear this.  Can you appeal?

http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10141.html

Yeah...guess so.  I don't know what I'd have done if my letter didn't say fully

favorable.  I really could not work...and those two years were awful ...all

that wait and hope and fear. 

Do what you can but do it soon.

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Subject: this just sucks....SSDI

To: fibromyalgia_hurts_supportgroup , fibrotalk ,

FMily , Fibromyalgia_Support_Group ,

Hugs-N-Pain , beingsick

Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 4:23 PM

 

Well everyone, I got the decision from my hearing.  They denied me.

 Yup.  You read that right.  I couldn't believe it myself especially when

they asked the vocational specialist if there were any jobs I could do with the

limitations placed on me by my psychiatrist and she said NO.  Well, obviously,

the brand new administrative judge knows something we all don't....there are

magical jobs out there.  He also said that I can take care of my kids, get on

the internet, read books, and watch TV....not consistently!  It all depends on

how I feel whether I do those things or not.  Sometimes I can only listen to

stuff.  Anyway.  So he definitely got some things messed up and I may not have

represented myself very well because I was all flustered when I got there due to

being lost.  So now I have to appeal everything.  I am going to call my

attorney tomorrow and see what we can do. I am also going to write up how I do

get through a day on a

day-to-day

basis.  I will also have people willing to write their documentation of my

functioning.  HE also thought I went out with friends.  yeah right.  most of

the time I wind up canceling on them.

So if anyone has been through the hearing process and had to move on to appeal

that decision.... how did it go?  Were you successful eventually?

Hugs to you all.  I am not doing well and see the physical medicine people

tomorrow.  So that should help my case too.  I hate the fact that I managed to

pull a brand new judge.  I think if it had been anyone else, it would have gone

through immediately.  

I am going to write that no one is going to employ someone who can't be depended

upon.  He also thought I balanced my checkbook!  Ha!  With my bipolar, I tend

to overspend, so guess what....hubby is in control of finances.  I haven't

balanced a checkbook in a year or more.  So I think my best bet is getting

hubby, my daughter, my mom and my friends to write what they think of my daily

functioning and submit those.

Sorry for the novel folks.Cat