Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

If a person doesn't meet the requirements of a Listed Impairment, and if they don't qualify for SSI/SSDI via the GRID Rules, SS will use the 5 Step Sequential Evaluation Process to determine if they can perform prior work or any work. A person than needs to prove their functional limitations prohibit them from performing certain activities. An ALJ will list hypothetical limitations of a hypothetical worker to a Vocational Expert to determine if there are jobs they can perform--unskilled, sedentary work being the least difficult.

One person with a diagnosis might have functional limitations that make it impossible for them to work any job, while another with the same diagnosis is capable of working, so I'm not going to give random examples. You can research the Blue Book if you wish which explains the qualifications required for a claimant to be approved with a Listed Impairment. Anyone that meets the qualifications of a Listed Impairment has such severe functional limitations that it is assumed that they are not capable of working at the SGA level (making $1090 per month).

Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

My questions are all things that will be issues with SS. You asked why you've been denied before, and I'm trying to point out the issues that will be glaring problems with SS. How does having to take 3 blood pressures pills a day effect your ability to work? High blood pressure is called the silent killer as Janke often points out. You don't need to answer, but just understand that type II diabetes and high blood pressure rarely can be proven to effect a person's ability to work and claiming that they do may effect your credibility. Does your hip and femur effect your ability to sit and perform an unskilled sedentary job? Even those that require a cane to walk or have lost a limb are routinely denied SSI/SSDI benefits.

You have the burden to prove you qualify for SSI/SSDI regardless if you have insurance or not. You should sit down and write out which of your impairments effect your ability to work starting from the most severe to the least--use that list when you fill out SS paperwork, concentrating your energy on the most severe.

Originally Posted by Hido

thanks for your input and I agree with what you're saying, but my back and my hip is what's stopping me from working and I told the judge that when he ask which is one of the only two questions he asked me

Originally Posted by LIT LOVE

If your back and hip are the impairments that are keeping you from working, then you shouldn't have listed the other impairments on this latest application IMO.

If you live in a state where you're not eligible for Medicaid, then perhaps see if there is a teaching hospital that will help you--many have charitable programs. You could start by calling the Red Cross.

Another option is Vocational Rehabilitation Services. They will send you to their own docs to determine if you have functional limitations to see if there is work you're capable of.