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Originally Posted by Brain patch
Hi friends,
I have an appointment to go in to the local social security office on March 4th to start a new disability claim. Please keep me in your prayers. I think I will end up committing suicide if I do not get approved this time. I can't keep putting this burden on my family. I have no life without having any money. I really can't do anything. I have not had a haircut for almost 4 years.
I am prepared with new diagnosis and letter from neurologist. Also I have my MRI that shows problems. I will have to submit the report from the Neuropsychological testing later as I am still having tests and do not have a report yet. But I wrote pages on what my symptoms are and how they effect my daily living. I have a letter from my ex-husband that tells about all the times he was with me that I passed out and hit my head on cement and had many concussions. I will get a new letter from my pain doctor. I will have to submit that later also as I do not have an appointment with him until March 19th. But they already have many letters of support from him. Do you think they go back and look at the evidence from your previous claim?
Any advise would be very much appreciated. Again, please pray for me.
Love to you all,
Brain
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I can't say for sure, but they should have every bit of your past claim available.
Just do your best to relax, deep breaths before answering any questions; try to speak evenly and slowly and not get overstressed if possible.
Tell your story, your way, in plain words, not the doctor's words - use the regular words, not terms you picked up here and there in what you learned along your travels - those examiners of claims hear it all and hate "experts".
Tell your story, and let them have your doctors' reports do the expert opinion giving - and they can decide if they want to give you and I.M.E. on the SSA's nickel . And, if they talk about it, be open and encourage it - because you want them to verify what your doc already verified.
Here, in Baltimore, I filed in October, and everything got handled on the phone, and they setup their I.M.E. with NeuroPsych, before we had even moved forward with ours, from my depression & cognitive issues, and I got surprises during their exam, and was approved 3 weeks ago. So,the system can work.
Best Wishes.