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I don't know of the rulings. I live in MD and was hurt on the job in DE I was just turned down because I can work as a secretary. I have not been a secretary since I was in high-school in '83. Do they even call it that anymore? The job I was working at when I got hurt was 80-100 hours on my feet. Maybe two hours of office work total. How does that compute?

Now I need to find a good SSDI attorney. I am hoping they don't make me pay up-front.
I do have to say that up to now w/c has been very good to me. (Bi-weekly benefits, meds, doctor and mileage reimbursement). Guess I should stop complaining!

Hope it works out for you. Quickly!

kim

Kim -

As I indicated to you a moment ago in another thread, more important by far than a good lawyer is a good doctor, whose records and reports will support your filing. As in an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Mike

And that's the truth. My wife's date in front of a judge is coming up. The lawyer received my wife's medical records from the doc and the lawyer is not happy because the records are "gleaming" with my wife's so called progress, when in fact she's not employable for obvious reasons. I talked to the doctor about this and she thought that because my wife has RSD it would be automatic that she receive SSDI. No way I stated. The doctor will write a letter stating that she is unable to work. The lawyer stated this may not be enough. It's akin to catch 22.

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Hi Kim,

For a reputable SSDI lawyer, you will not have to pay up front....they take their fee from your backpay.

You will have to educate yourself on SSDI's expectation of what you can do for work. They are not at all concerned that your last job involved 80-100 hours a week on your feet. Their concern is if there is ANY work that you can do.....even as a telemarketer for minimum wage

During my journey with SSDI so far it's being recognized...I have one more appt before I go to the judge...