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FaithS · 07-07-2008, 09:56 AM

Thanks, Thursday.

My neurologist wrote a short letter to Disability Determination Services (DDS); his nurse called me and read it to me over the phone, prior to mailing it. He wrote that I am:

Quote:

"totally and permanently disabled. There is no possibioity of rehabilitation. she has such frequent flare-upss that she is unemployable. Even when she is in remission, she is unable to work and eight hour day, and these are infrequent."

My psychologist wrote a 2 page letter that went into details that I had given her about my work hx, and how it had been impacted by my MS. She also indicated to them that I would be unable to do "substantial gainful employement".

Both doctors used terminology that the DDS likes. Hopefully, the letters will be helpful for my claim. My psychiatrist is no longer employed at the same agency, but his records would be similar to my pychologist's, and he would not likely have drafted as good a letter as she did. My PCP (family doctor) is out of town for several weeks. I will try to contact him, again, about also writing a letter when he returns.

However, I am now concerned because, on July 3, I had an initial visit with an MS specialist who believes that I may not have MS. I worry that a possible change in diagnosis might impact how quickly Disability Determination Services processes my SSDI application. And, I wonder whether they might decide that the possibility of a new treatment plan might result in me being more likely to be able to work, and might lead to them being more likely to deny my application.

Thanks for listening.

~ Faith