Guest guest Posted September 3, 2001 Report Share Posted September 3, 2001 Terry, I am writing to let you know what I have learnt about Disability. I am not sure what parts are different depending on what state you live in, but this is how things went in Kentucky; We were not able to hire a lawyer until we had been turned down by SS. Once we received our denial letter, then we could go to a lawyer and his fee would be 25% of back pay not to exceed $2500. We did get the denial letter and took it to the lawyer and he said it is procedure to first file a reconsideration. We were devastated. It had taken so long for the denial letter and then the lawyer told us, " Now comes the slow part. " We cried in his office because we were broke. Well, my husband went into the hospital 2 weeks later and remained there for 70 days with problems that I quickly reported to Social Security and we were approved before he got out of the hospital. Social Security told us that the lawyer would get his fee even though we never went to court, but the lawyer only took $33 for his out-of-pocket expenses. My best advise would be that if you have a good relationship with your DR. ask him/her to help you with a letter stating your inability to work. I know it is a pain to go through, but it really doesn't hurt to try and I will pray that it all goes well for you. God Bless, Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2001 Report Share Posted September 4, 2001 In response to your very good suggestion; I always THOUGHT I had a good > relationship with my dr., then all of a sudden when I had to start taking > pain meds (because the chronic pancreatitis finally got bad enough that I > needed pain meds) he got all weird on me. Terry, try not to get to impatient with your doctor. They all get weird when it comes to narcotics because the DEA is constantly coming down on the them and they could lose their licenses. Besides, you DO need him and his confirmation that you are so ill for Social Security's sake. He's the one that makes it or breaks it. So, instead of calling the office, make a trip there. It'll make it a little less frustrating for everyone. I learned that one that hard way! (I'm a very impatient person!) Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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