Others just don't get it, do they? They can have MS described to them up and down and sideways and they still don't get what it's like to give out after a short time and find yourself coping with poor vision, loss of bladder control, shaky hands you can no longer feel, and inability to walk, just to name a few of the problems that come on with fatigue.

And it isn't what most people mean when they talk about fatigue.

It's a shame when people in charge of making decisions about benefits lack any understanding of MS but unfortunately it sounds as if there are quite a few of them around, still.

The lawyer you have on a contingency basis is good, IMO. I had a lawyer on those terms years ago when I had to appeal my SSDI termination. It was pointed out to me that a lawyer wouldn't take a case on a contingency basis unless there was a good chance of winning in that lawyer's opinion. After all, if you lose, the lawyer gets nothing.

It took 5 years but I did win the case. Your case shouldn't take that long. This was back in a time when there was quite a commotion about disability cutoffs, which had been happening at an alarming rate because the government was in a mood to "trim the rolls."

It can be a long uphill battle but all indications are that the situation is better now.