Hi fbodgrl,

I've never heard of that happening.

I'm glad that your lawyer already feels that there is grounds for appeal if the ALJ goes with what the MEs say, but I'm concerned for you how much that will lengthen this process. Is th amount that you are getting from LTD roughly equivalent to what you would get from SSDI ? Do you have other insurance now or are you desperate for MC coverage ?

I'm concerned that the ME reports indicate that they think you can do sedentary work. To me, that sounds like your medical documention is not clear that it's just not the immobillity/difficulty using both arms, the RSD and the CT arm (although I'd love to hear what jobs the VE could come up with that you could do with no arms, nevermind how you would get dressed to go to such a job), but the major reason that many RSD people can't work is that our pain limits our ability to function at anything so much of the time. Do you have to lay down frequently due to pain or exhaustion from sleeping so poorly because of chronic pain ? Do you need to lay down in a dark, totally quiet, room to manage your migraine pain ? Does your medical documentation learly say that ?

What did your docs write on your FCR's ? If they wrote that you can sit for 4 or more hours at a time, that could be part of your problem.

Good luck.