Don't get discouraged over you denial. I was denied the first time around and from what I have heard unless it's a devastating almost life ending situation i.e. becoming blind, becoming paralysised(spelling) things of that nature you will always get denied the first time.

I hired a disability attorney,after my 1st denial, and within a year of filing the appeal I got a "Fully Favorable" decision. I did not have to go to a hearing in front of judge.Which I here is unusual. My attorney stated it's possibly the heavy medical documentation I had and my doctors really worked hard to help me get approved. Prior to this I had a very, very good job, which I loved, so the whole inquiry and then getting RSD has really changed my life completely.

You do have to prove your condition which is really terrible but there is so much freud within the system they really want all the documentation to support your claim.

Well, to some up it took 2 years and 7 months before I was approved and starting receiving funds. The waiting time was very hard to deal with.

Good Luck,

Gabbycakes

I too did the looong wait. It took right at 5 years before I was approved, and the wait was the worst. The denials are never easy to take either, and everytime there is a denial the wait just gets longer.

I was finally approved at the second ALJ hearing, and the good news was that the judge set the onset date back to the exact month I could no longer work. This meant that the wait was well worth the effort.

There were so many times I wanted to give up, but it always came down to give up to what? I really couldnt do anything, so the option was to continue the fight for what was and still is the only option. Believe me if there was a way I could work, I would choose that option in a split second.

So my advice is....never give up!

Thank you so much...I will keep fighting...I am going to call the dr's office and let him know that he needs to get his documentation from the firswt time he saw together. I am still waiting for a neuro specialitst to get back to me and so far no one...oh yea im still suffering...RSD freaking bitesssssssssssss...

Finz that is hilarious....the nerve of these people