So, what do I do now that my Fun Rep is done?

canifindagooddr · 08-31-2015, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Hopeless

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.

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

LIT LOVE · 08-31-2015, 04:08 PM

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.)

canifindagooddr · 08-31-2015, 07:33 PM

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.

LIT LOVE · 08-31-2015, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by canifindagooddr

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.

canifindagooddr · 08-31-2015, 10:07 PM

I tried posting this earlier. I got an error message about not enough characters. I don't know why I got that message. I have 'more than enough characters.' ANYWAY . . .

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Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

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.

^^^^^^^So, my attorney gets something called an 'efolder' after my initial denial? And the contents of this folder are more detailed than my denial letter? Why don't I get an 'efolder'? I imagine my brother would know how to handle an efolder (yes, the grids and such . . . ).

Add wouldn't be correct, regardless, since you listed SFN as an impairment.

******At first one of the docs at this hospital, the first doc I saw there called it sensory polyneuropathy. That was my first visit there. When I got the skin bio . . . my DX changed. Does it really matter much? They are both painful and debilitating and respond poorly to treatment.

Perhaps strengthen your medical evidence is more appropriate? You should use the time between now and your ALJ hearing

******So, the appeal of the initial decision is just a time waster? Since such few get approved at that level (2-3% is what I heard). I thought I would try to gather evidence for my appeal of my initial decision... Too little, too late?! Get ready for the hearing and a judge . . . which will happen about a year down the road . . . Correct? Thanks.

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.

LIT LOVE · 08-31-2015, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by canifindagooddr

I tried posting this earlier. I got an error message about not enough characters. I don't know why I got that message. I have 'more than enough characters.' ANYWAY . . .

You're getting the error msg when you only post within a quote.

Please don't start new threads when you can ask a question in an ongoing thread. It makes things more complicated for those trying to answer your questions.

An eFolder is SS's electronic case file. Attorneys have the option to have access this way. You can request that your attorney provide you with a copy on CD.

You must file for Reconsideration in order to have an ALJ hearing unless your state no longer has the Reconsideration level. There are times when claimants have a good chance of approval at that level--like when medical records from one of their docs were not submitted. In general, approval rates are low.

Some diagnoses qualify as Listed Impairments, some don't, so yes, it does matter. PN does. I'm not sure about SFN or sensory polyneuropathy.

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