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Mar 06, 2013 09:21

So, I got denied for Social Security disability benefits. Finally. Just about a year after we applied ( Read more... )

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ashbet March 6 2013, 18:58:15 UTC
**tight hugs**

I'm so sorry, honey. Especially coming in when you were having a run of good days -- you didn't need bad news.

FWIW, you shouldn't feel bad about not having gotten a lawyer for your initial application -- I talked to several while I was working on Kira's filing (still no response -- you'd think the two inches of charts showing things like "8 hours of tachycardia out of 24" and "needs IV infusions of blood products to LIVE" would have gotten a reply, but nothing yet, and I'm trying to tamp down the tiny hope that they might approve her, because they probably won't, since she's managing to struggle through school), and they told me that lawyers do not help you fill out applications, they will only work with you once you've had the initial denial.

While that sucks, it means that you don't have to kick yourself for not doing it in the first place (I kicked myself, too, and then later found out that I wouldn't have been able to do it anyway, which made me feel better.)

NOW is the time to talk to a lawyer (I used Binder & Binder, they took 25% of my final back pay, but since it was two-and-a-half-years' back pay, I still got a significant amount *and* ongoing payments -- the only thing I had to pay out-of-pocket was the cost for copying medical records.)

If you do it soon, you'll be ahead of where I was -- I filed the first appeal myself, and should have gotten a lawyer then. They won my case for me with very little further effort on my part.

Much much love, and generous lashings of luck <3<3<3

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