Re: Has anyone receive corporate disability because of being diagnosed with NS?

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Bob _i will be in Sacramento on April 12 and 13th-with

my mom she is going to meet some friends so i hope we

can meet during that time- i have no idea where in

Sacramento we will be but if u would be willing to

give me your number i could call u a few days before

to set up a meeting placemy cell $ is 206 300-7325 and

i will have my phone with me MATT

--- Bob Casper robertcasper@...> wrote:

> Yes Matt, that would be great, I would like to hook

> up. I will be in a Christian conference in Lake

> Tahoe on April 21st through April 23. The rest of

> the month I will be available. Hope this works for

> you.

>

> Bob Casper

>

> Cohen belltown_mac@...> wrote:

> Hi Bob- this is Matt in Seattle- if i remember

> correctly u live in Sacramento- i will be there in

> late April for a couple of days and was wondering if

> u

> would like to meet- Matt

>

> --- Debbie rozebudz36@...> wrote:

>

> > Hi ,

> > Before I was diagnosed with sarcoid , I

> worked

> > for the same company for 17 years. When I left

> > abruptly , I immediately went on short term

> > disability on March 3rd, 2003. In July 2003, I

> > stared the proceedings for Social security

> > disability because I knew it was a long process

> and

> > things didn't look too well.

> > My short term ran was good for 6 months and ran

> out

> > in Sept. at which I went on long term disability.

> > There was a lot of paperwork and red tape and

> > verification from all the doctors I was seeing,

> > rheumy, neuro, dermatologist and pcp. Long term

> was

> > good for 2 years. My social security finally

> went

> > through in March 2005. I had about 6 mos left off

> > long term disability left. Well, little did I

> know

> > that once I received the lump sum from the backpay

> > back to when I orginally filed (July 2003) I had

> to

> > pay this amount back to my long term disability

> > company. So I was left with about $1000 left from

> > the lump sum of $28,000 for 2 1/2 years .

> > And once you do get Social security benefits, the

> > long term disability company doesn't have to pay

> you

> > anymore. Because you can't get a paycheck from 2

> > places. (That;s why I had to pay back the funds

> > back to the long term disabilty company for the 2

> > 1/2 years ).

> > So that's my story. I don't know if it helps you

> or

> > if you can understand my blabber. If you have any

> > questions, I am here and I will try to answer

> them.

> > By the way, I got denied the first time for

> > social security, The second time I got a lawyer

> > that specializes in disabilty and won. I totally

> > believe you should get a lawyer. They know the

> ins

> > and outs. Good luck. Debbie

> > " J. Casper " robertcasper@...>

> > wrote: Hey everyone,

> >

> > I follow this user group and am now drawing very

> > close to the end of

> > my short term disability. I have been awarded SSDI

> > benefits, this

> > took place in October of 2005. Once I receive the

> > notice form SDDI

> > got in touch with my company and told them that I

> > would be filing

> > for Long term disabilty (LDT). Since then it has

> > been a up hill

> > battle. My company abruptly informed me just

> because

> > I was awarded

> > SSDI benefits, that this did not mean that I would

> > qualify under

> > their LTD plan.

> >

> > Just to let you know I have been a faithful

> employee

> > of this company

> > for 28 years. All of my reviews were steller and

> by

> > all measurments

> > I was a excellent employ. My first bouts with NS

> was

> > in December of

> > 1995 as I was hospitalized, in August of 1996 I

> went

> > in for surgery

> > and had a portion of my right lung system removed

> > and was diagnosed

> > with sarcoid. I continued to have systems and high

> > fevers daily and

> > in 1997 after a serious of spinal taps with high

> ACE

> > levels and

> > protein I was then diagnosed with

> Neurosarcoidosis.

> > Until last year

> > in april I had continue to work the normal 50 to

> 60

> > hour workweek

> > routine. In March and April of 2005 my body

> started

> > to shutdown and

> > I was hospitalized for 5 days. At that point my

> > doctor stated that

> > in all of his years of practice had not seen

> spinal

> > fuild as bad as

> > mine. Once out of the hospital he recommend that I

> > file for

> > disability as the stress of work and my body was

> > telling me that I

> > was no longer capable of working and keeping up

> with

> > the long hours

> > that I was required to meet the job requirements,

> > infact he said I

> > needed to stop working all together.

> >

> > So taking my doctors advice I have been pursuing

> my

> > long term

> > benefits from my company. So far they are draging

> > their feet and

> > with in 45 days all of my benefits will evaporate

> > unless I receive

> > long term disability. The case worker that is

> > supporting my request

> > will not email or call me back with updates or

> > status. Infact I was

> > the one that needed to get my Social Security

> > Records and physically

> > send them to them for review. The third party

> > management company

> > doctor insulted my doctor and told him that he was

> > not qualified to

> > make a disability claim for Neurosarcoidosis as he

> > was only a

> > general practitioner (even though he was utilizing

> > data that had

> > come from three different neurologist, a pulmanary

> > doctor, and a

> > rumatoid doctor) and that he would not consider

> my

> > doctors

> > clinically assessment as being valid.

> >

> > So I am down to the wire and I am wondering if any

> > of you have

> > received long term disability from a corporate

> > entity or if all of

> > you only have SDDI benefits. I know that at this

> > time that many of

> > you have no benefits and I truly am saddened by

> the

> > lack of

> > understanding of our illness. If any of you have

> > managed to become

> > qualified for corporate benefits I would like to

> > talk with you as I

> > would like to know the process that you and your

> > doctor's took to

> > gain approval. I know that everyones conditions

> are

> > different, but

> > it would be nice to know what it took to convince

> > the company that

> > your illness was serious enough to warrent LTD

> > benefits.

> >

> > Also are any of you familar with the term ERISA

> and

> > have any of you

> > used ERISA lawyers to win your claims?

> >

> > Warm regards,

> >

> > Bob Casper

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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