I recieved a letter last week asking me to go have an evaluation at a Doctors office, and today I recieved a letter cancelling that appt. I called my social worker, and she told me a decision had been made, but she couldn't tell me over the phone. I am figuring I was denied...anybody have anything like this happen? From what I understand, they actually call if you are approved.

Thank you,
Jessica

you really cant tell one way or the other if your appointment was cancelled. I have read of it going both ways after that. Also the fact that they wont tell you is pretty standard wether ultimately approved or not. Take it for what its worth but i think it would be more likely you would be approved after having your appointment cancelled. In other words they have enough information without that evaluation to make a decision which should point to approved most times.

Well...thanks for the input, but I got ahold of my local social worker, and found out I was denied. I won't know why until I get my letter. I'm bummed.

Jessica, I know that you are on prescribed meds -- so, if you have the following:

11.12 Myasthenia gravis. With:

A. Significant difficulty with speaking, swallowing, or breathing while on prescribed therapy; or

B. Significant motor weakness of muscles of extremities on repetitive activity against resistance while on prescribed therapy.

(copied directly from Social Security's website), then "somebody" made a BIG mistake. They did the SAME thing with me. Don't lose confidence -- hire the best disability lawyer you can find -- laws regulate how much they can charge -- it will only cost a certain % of your backpay. I was approved within a couple of months of hiring an attorney. Although "some" Social Security "officials" will say otherwise, I personally believe that they deny "almost" everyone the first time.

once you get your denial letter,, either get a attorney or appeal right away,, the clock starts to run once your denied

Please do get an advocate! ONe of the best is ** You can google them. I believe they will not charge you unless you get a favorable decision. And then they just take it from your back pay. Dont try this on your own. And its true that at the first level nearly all cases are denied. I believe the % was around 79%. The 2nd level is also high - around the high 60s or low 70s. You have to be persistent and stay on task and dont think you can do it alone!

Good luck

That IS NOT TRUE that almost everyone is denied the first time. I can also tell you that my denial percentage is not nearly as high as 79%

I edited this post because I don't want to get into any disagreements over what people do and don't believe. People are going to chose to believe what they want, even if there are no facts to back it up.