Originally Posted by echoes long ago

i disagree with this statement having gone through both myself. Janke is correct about with ssdi, having to prove that you are unable to do even a sedentary job, but the testing that you are put through for pulmonary disease or injury for job related medical disability for firefighters and the medical and pension boards that you have to successfully navigate are as difficult if not more so than social security. The medical testing is definitely more difficult than social security. I had to take 3 methyl choline challenge tests, which is very strenuous, i wound up in emergency room after every test and which no one with copd or asthma usually ever takes and if they do its only once as well as innumerable pulmonary function tests over a period of years.

Tell him to file. Get the Nolo's guide to social security disability which will help him to fill out the forms, if he is turned down to hire a lawyer that specializes in social security disability. He already has his medical records collected and in order im sure from the processes he has already gone through. tell him to start the process the sooner the better.