I read your post and that is some great info, contacting your state reps. I may need to use that info. My hubby had a stereotatic 3rd ventriculostomy on November 16, 2005 (brain surgery). He has a large pineal cyst and he had a skating accident, that is how all this began, and hydrocephalus formed.

He returned to work 2 months after his brain procedure, however he worked in a juvenile correction facility teaching our young juveniles a trade (bricklaying) for when they where to return to normal society. Really rough enviroment after three fights and one gang fight he cannot work.

We have two issues we are dealing with right now one of course is that never caring workman's comp system. In the gang fight his right elbow was bloodied, his right side of his neck was swollen, it broke his right lense in his glasses, and he left shoulder blade was hurt. Now get this they will treat everything on the right except his brain and that is the side he had his surgery on. They claim they treated him for a neck injury not a brain injury. Lawyer working on that one. On July 25th he went over a desk with a student two of them were fighting in his class, that is the last thing he remembers about working, he has not been back since July 27th and he will not leave our home town afraid he will not remember how to get home.

Now to the 2nd issue, he had to go to our doctor to get an excuse for not coming into work and our doctor freaked out he could not believe the shape James was in, the last time he had saw him he was still on the mend and things were improving, he told us to file immediately for SSD, which we did, he has his medical exam on Oct 11, and I am hoping that something just one little thing goes right, I am prepared for the attorney thing though, my corporate attorney at work told me he had to hire an attorney to get his ML SSD. So I am prepared to for him to be denied.

But as I said in the beginning, thank you, at least now I have a direction for when he does get denied. I love BT whether is be 1 or 2 they both have always been there when I needed them for advice!

Shown

BTW I did receive a reply back from the 3 I contacted stating they were checking into my case. Also, I did have my NS behind me. It was written in my file I was 100% disabled.

When I received my Award from the Judge, I also received a carbon copy of where he had sent a letter to all 3 of my senators and congress people.

Shown: I will be praying your husband receives his SSD soon.!

To Linda M & Backless: Will also be praying BOTH of You receive yours also.

Hugs To Ya!
Claudia

Hi Jaycojade and all,

I'm new here and haven't introduced "me" yet, but due to the significance of this issue, it rates higher.

Jaycojade, you didn't mention what type of exam your son has to have.

I had to have a PhD evaluation, which was requested/required by SSDI. My primary disabilities are physical, being severe Fibro, Degenerative Spine, Severe Myofascial Pain, Sciatica now, due to progression of the spine degeneration. I had a disectomy and laminecktomy. This sciatica pain has been reduced but it is still intolerable and has to be treated.

When I received a copy of this exam it was noted in there that she (the PhD) perceived and beleived me to be a person of integrity, therefore validating, (the following are my words) "I was not trying to get a free ride".

I belong to a group at Yahoo, Disinissues (Disability Insurance Issues) regarding LTD and SSDI and also the group which is recommended here, the one at MSN, Social Security Disability Insurance Coalition. Great resources!!. The first one I have been at for about 10 years and have received a wealth of information. I was a member there for 5 years before I filed any claims. Didinissues allows absolutely no chit chat. Strictly business and is strongly moderated. So if you are one who likes to Good Mornings , How are yous, and all polite ettiquette is a must for all you do, this group wouldn't be for you. However, it does have a sister site which does allow this type dialogue! The name of it is at the site under Files and under the GuideLines

Anyway, this exam subject has just come up again and a member has just posted recently how she had to have a Psych Eval. for SSDI and she didn't even have depresson or any mental health diagnosis. However, her eval. also stated the Psy. impression of her as being legitimate in her claim.

As soon as I left the PhD's office I did the old hand on the forehead slap thinking outloud, 'why didn't I say that', or 'how could I have forgotten this'.
When I got home I wrote a letter to my caseworker at SSDI and explained this to her, asking her if she would attach the enclosed 3 pages which I had written, to the Assessment she would be receiving from the PhD. I wrote anything down which I should have elaborated on in the PhD's office, and anything I wanted to tell her in the first place but she didn't even ask about because they follow an assessment sent from SSDI.

HINT: If you want a copy of this assessment you can't get it from SSDI. You have to sign an ROI for your DR. and they send it to him/her, then you can get the copy from your Dr.

It helps to keep in mind how the people on the other end have no idea who we are, and what kind of minset and morals we have. I always put myself in their shoes and would re-read my claim forms to see if I thought this person , meaning me, was disabled or if there was possibly some job out there which "I" could do per my work history, education, and age, keeping in mind the severity of the illnesses.

TipTie Tulip