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Old 09-18-2014, 12:13 AM
MaryBurk MaryBurk is offline
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I applied for SSDI, sorry thought I put that in there. And yes I wear a brace on Both wrist/hands for Carpal Tunnel now, and Was recently refereed to go see a Rheumatologist because I had to have an MRI done on both of knee's and The bones and tendons are good however there were abnormalities within the Joint itself, Nothing can fix with surgery I guess from what I gathered, My Neurologist Has given me strict instructions to limit standing, bending, sitting, laying for any amount of time because it causes my legs, ankles and feet to swell to twice the size they normally are. He is trying a new medication to see how it helps, and Its also for periodic Leg Movement syndrome during sleep. Awaiting my Appt. for a Sleep study Cause of Sleep apnea, Night Terrors and The PLM.

As for Work, Only other two jobs I've had besides a Chef, well one was waitress and I just can not do that anymore because of my wrist (no strength to carry the trays), feet and legs, and I worked for The Sheriff's office as a Detention officer for 10 years, Which I am not able to do anymore. When I first applied I did not know about the Peripheral Neuropathy of Type 2 Diabetes. I knew about the Carpal Tunnel but had not undergone the nerve Induction test, which they have done now On my Entire Body. I also hadn't seen my Pain management doctor either at the time only been refered to her, and Now I've seen her quite a few times. So there is a ton more Documentation they Do now have that they didn't before.

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Originally Posted by LIT LOVE View Post
A good place to start is to read through the sticky "Don't start your claim unprepared" at the top of this forum.

The standard for approval is that you're unable to perform any job, not just your former job. Can you do a job that does not require standing? Also, you say you're unable to stand for more than ten minutes, but has one of your doctors documented that (along with any other functional limitations)?

Just to clarify it was SSI not SSDI you applied for? You didn't really make it clear when you stopped working?
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