Remember there is a time limit for filing an appeal.

If you intend to appeal the decision, be sure you do it within the time frame.

Here is the problem and the confusion, the OP send me pm's and then quoted my response to those pm's on the public forum. D--please try not to post publicly things shared in pm's.

D actually quoted a portion of the denial letter to me, that is a form letter, but it does indicate at what point in the process a claimant is denied.

He can choose to share or not share, what his denial stated if he wishes, or I can post the quote from his pm if he requests that I do.

That clears things up tremendously for me. I had mentioned that I felt like I had missed something, like a chapter in a book, and I guess I really had.

As I mentioned, I defer to you, as my comments are based upon the research I did and on my own personal experiences.

My denial did not state the reason for denial in any way. It was only when I obtained a copy of my file, did I discover what I believed to have been the stumbling block. I believe I fell off the cliff at "severity" and discovered what condition(s) they had reviewed. They focused on conditions that I have that are NOT disabling. If that had been my only condition, I, too, would have denied me immediately.

Since they have you list all of your conditions, not just the ones that make you unable to perform job duties, I can understand why the focus was not on the proper conditions, the disabling ones.

Thanks for clearing up things for me. The poster is benefitted greatly by your assistance. (And ME, too.) Thanks for getting the record straight and correcting the mis-statements I made in my post.

You are the BEST.

Sorry about the PM error. That was not my intent. You can quote any PM I sent you if you'd like.

Dear canifindagooddr,

Sorry my post was in error but I was missing some pieces to the puzzle.

I did not realize that you were informed of the point of denial.

(I was not in my case.)

I hope my posts did not confuse matters any further.

No worries friend. I appreciate all that you and Lit do. I can just process so much info at a time. I have many 'legal irons' in the fire right now . . .

Got to go. Get to spend time with my three beauties tonight. And, then I have them all day Saturday.

My attorney sent below to me the very same day I emailed him about the denial. I got below on a Sunday night:


Dean
My staff will file the appeal paperwork. JQQ GYYYY

Sent from my iPhone

Here's Dean's quote from the pm: ""Your condition results in some limitations in your ability to perform work related activities. While you are not capable of performing work you have done in the past, you are able to perform work that is less demanding. . . substantial work can even be part-time..."

Dean, I'm going to try and still respect the privacy of your pm's, but something that I think that is important to note is that SS may not have factored your PN or SFN at all when deciding that you could no longer teach, the decision could be based solely on your mental impairments. (This is based on just the portion you quoted, of course.)

OK. Thanks. So now we get to aid the SFN part? Correct? Then my case gets 'stronger'? Yes, I know the neuro doc and the pt dude were not on my side. However, I imagine my shrink was/is.

SS might have determined your SFN effects your ability to perform your prior work, or they might not have. Your attorney can certainly read the adjudicator's notes in your eFolder.

Add wouldn't be correct, regardless, since you listed SFN as an impairment. Perhaps strengthen your medical evidence is more appropriate? You should use the time between now and your ALJ hearing to strengthen both your SFN and BP documentation. Since I've explained what my opinion is about what you need to do, in order to do that, I won't go over it again.