Re: 3rd go around

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Hi! OMG! I'm so excited, today I gat the call that my Daughter was

approved for SSI!!! This was our 1st appeal and I was working with a

lawyer in the area who has a reputation for handling SSI disability

cases. She has a mild to moderate hearing loss (bilateral

stenosis/atresia and unilateral grade 1 microtia), but her main

disability in my opinion is her food allergies (anaphylaxis and

severe contact reaction to all dairy and egg, even trace amounts)! I

have to carry two epipens with her wherever she goes and she needs a

medicalert bracelet. So it is true what Sheri says, they told me that

the more specialists she see's the better her chances. I listed all

the specialists she has ever seen, her ENT, the speech therapist who

evaluates her every six months, nutritionist, gastroenterologist,

audiologist, allergist, even her behavioral issues (terrible two's) I

attributed to her hearing loss. I really wonder how they decide these

cases! All I know is I am very happy they approved my daughter

because I cannot leave her in the care of others to return to work

and my husband is a student right now (RN!!!) and my daughters diet

is very expensive!!! We all eat what she eats because I don't feel

safe having Dairy in the house! If you eat dairy and kiss her cheek

she swells and gets itchy painful hives! If she eats dairy or egg she

could die!!! Sorry to ramble but I hope you can use some of this

info?! And thanx for listening! I just have to tell myself, it could

be worse! Much, much worse! Amy R

> SSI is the worst. I've done a couple of SSI cases for family

members, and

> they are hard to win. But I did win them both, and they are

winnable. Just

> to give you an idea of how bad it is from a first hand experience --

I had a

> friend who was a roofer who broke his back and both his legs

falling from a

> roof on a job turned down for SSI (we won on his 3rd appeal). When

I was a

> teenager, I went through a 4 year period in a wheelchair with casts

on both

> my legs and a back brace from hip to neck, also had life-altering

allergies

> and my parents couldn't get SSI for me. SSI disability claims are

one of

> those things where almost all the bad stories you hear about them

are true,

> and then some.

>

> First of all, as a matter of law, being deaf alone is not

sufficient to

> qualify for SSI. You are guaranteed to lose if that is your only

claim.

> And as Torrie pointed out, you can have multiple handicaps in

addition to

> the hearing impairment and *still* not be able to get SSI

(although, Torrie,

> a good lawyer might be able to help you out -- and I'd like to

think I am

> one of the good ones :-).

>