[Arice]

Has anyone ever had any problem getting disability with a diagnosis of Mg? If my symptoms are returning my mind automatically goes to being able to pay my bills. How long did it take for you to get income from disability? I am the bread winner in our family and make a good living with lots of bills.

[angell]

Originally Posted by Arice

Has anyone ever had any problem getting disability with a diagnosis of Mg? If my symptoms are returning my mind automatically goes to being able to pay my bills. How long did it take for you to get income from disability? I am the bread winner in our family and make a good living with lots of bills.

I am still waiting for disability - May will be three years and my disability lawyer expects that the earliest I will get a hearing is September of this year, forty months after I first applied. Here is my diagnosis list that has gotten me denied repeatedly:

Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic pain syndrome
Chronic kidney disease
COPD
Coronary artery disease - three heart attacks
Degenerative disc disease - lower back
Graves disease
Hemoptsis
Herniated discs c2 c3
Hypertension
Intractable migraine with aura
Lateral epicondylitis both elbows
Myasthenia gravis
Neuropathy of both upper extremities
Obstructive sleep apnea
Radiculopathy w/ lower extremity symptoms
Rotator cuff tear both shoulders
Tendinopathy both biceps, right knee

[jvaagen]

Originally Posted by angell

I am still waiting for disability - May will be three years and my disability lawyer expects that the earliest I will get a hearing is September of this year, forty months after I first applied. Here is my diagnosis list that has gotten me denied repeatedly:

Chronic fatigue syndrome
Chronic pain syndrome
Chronic kidney disease
COPD
Coronary artery disease - three heart attacks
Degenerative disc disease - lower back
Graves disease
Hemoptsis
Herniated discs c2 c3
Hypertension
Intractable migraine with aura
Lateral epicondylitis both elbows
Myasthenia gravis
Neuropathy of both upper extremities
Obstructive sleep apnea
Radiculopathy w/ lower extremity symptoms
Rotator cuff tear both shoulders
Tendinopathy both biceps, right knee

Question what state do you live in? I would think a new lawyer might be a better option. I would have thought the copd and heart attacks and the migrains would be enough.

[angell]

Originally Posted by jvaagen

Question what state do you live in? I would think a new lawyer might be a better option. I would have thought the copd and heart attacks and the migrains would be enough.

I have applied for social security disability, which is federal. The lawyer represents their client at the hearing stage; prior to that is simply filing the standardized forms and being denied. Most social security lawyers won't even touch a case until the second denial because up till then the process is request, deny, request, deny.

[Jomar]

We have a SSDI forum here- check the stickys there too.
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum28.html

[jvaagen]

Originally Posted by angell

I have applied for social security disability, which is federal. The lawyer represents their client at the hearing stage; prior to that is simply filing the standardized forms and being denied. Most social security lawyers won't even touch a case until the second denial because up till then the process is request, deny, request, deny.

It's gotta make you feel good that you bust your *** (sorry for the language) for years paying into it and when you need it. You get denied not once but twice. But yet the government gets their money one way or another (asset forfeiture or jail). I won't even start on yhe truly lazy people.