I don't know if you deal with depression or not. But I noticed around here that what has helped most everyone to get it is depression. After all of my years of fighting for mine, the depression is what they put on my file. Also I got the governor involved with my fight and he got it for me in one week and as I said depression is what they used even though I had already been diagnosed with about 20 medical problems. At the time I was so bad off mentally that I couldn't help myself or I could have gotten it sooner.

Another thing, and you already have this but they told me that I needed to go to specialist for everything I had wrong with me and at the time I had no insurance so I couldn't. My PCP had helped me fight for it and because he was just a PCP they wouldn't take his word. But he never missed any of my diagnoses, he got them all right.

I have seen people around here get approved within 6 months, others it took over 2 to 3 years. My husband got his years ago on the first try. He went up in front of the judge and he ok'd it right on the spot with no lawyer. I've seen 3 people around here get it with no lawyer and sooner. I sometimes think it's the lawyers that delay the hearings because of their court dates for other things. The lawyer I had couldn't leave the golf course long enough to go for me.

Good luck and get to work on this right away. You can do it.

Ada