Rascal77s wrote:
inachildsmind wrote:
Rascal77s wrote:
kazma wrote:
i agree with Rascal77s on this one
its disgusting how we get treated
i was told by a "professional" in a letter that my application for disability allowance was refused for the following reasons
1- the person must be suffering from a physical or mental illness or defect which has continued or is expected to continue for at least a year
2- the condition must restrict the person in undertaking work which would otherwise be suitable in regard to someone of the persons age and experience
my dr and my psychologist both thought it was very wrong
I got four of those letters before I got my approval. 90% of all applications are denied and the reasons that they state a complete BS. You are dealing with a government agency that has a $4 billion annual budget, whose sole purpose is to deny people whether they have a legitimate claim or not. They keep denying you and dragging each step out to the last possible moment in the hopes that you will either give up or die from your condition. I don't know how these people live with themselves going to work every day at a job that requires them to crush people who represent the most vulnerable portion of the population. All I can say to you is that if you have a doctor and a psychologist on your side, you will get approved. But you have to go through the BS. Chances are they will drag it out for two years and you will be approved at the court level when you appeal their third rejection. Just don't give up. Don't let those f**** beat you.
If you look into disability you will see there is a "blue book" definition of each disorder. Just like a DSM-V type deal, you have to meet so many requirements in order to be accepted as disabled. I am very facinated in this type of stuff so I got it the first try with months of research and learning how to word my issues on paper and I purposly saw THEIR choice of Dr. for the mental exam so I could get more of a chance of them believing me if it was my own it might seem to them that the psychologist is being bias. Like I said I did it all on my own with months of research before hand and during each paper. I had every doctor I ever saw and list of medications and side effects. I am one of the youngest my therapists have met that got disability on their own, mental disability is very difficult to achieve. So please, do research! Every paper they give you, make sure you look up proper ways to answer questions. If you sound TOO disabled they are going to think you are restricting yourself on purpose. If you are not disabled enough, then you wont qualify because to them you dont seem like you need the help. You have to answer and write in a specific way that shows you are trying your best but have limitations. I hope my information can help in some way. Good luck!
You are one of the lucky ones. It's not a matter of research, for most people just a matter of the system being set up to deny people. I looked at the statistics and over 90% of all applicants are denied. I documented everything and presented medical records from my doctor and was denied. I was sent to the states doctor who's evaluation was overwhelmingly in my favor and they denied me again, completely ignoring their own doctors evaluation. I presented a third evaluation from another doctor and they rejected me a third time. I appealed to an administrative law judge who gave me a "fully favorable" decision and they still rejected me a fourth time. Even with the ALJ decision. Six months after my court case, I was finally approved probably because I contacted the court and I'm guessing that judge threatened the caseworkers with contempt of court and some time in jail.
I'm glad your case went so smoothly, but I did a lot of research and I know exactly what the statistics are. Your quick approval was luck, because most people who do everything properly are denied up to the court level. Once at the court level more than 60% are approved. How does one explain the discrepancy between a 90% denial rate from one agency and a less than 40% denial rate with another agency? It is either the Social Security Administration denying people that should be approved or it is a bunch of administrative law judges that are being conned by people who shouldn't be approved. My money is on the former being true.
I look at it as research because I did it 4 years before that and I had no idea what I was doing, I just went with what they told me to do and I got denied right away. This time, four years later I decided to take another approach. I took my time with it, made sure I fit every category and then fit it all into my explanations. Their is a check list and if each time you only do some of what is on the check list you will get denied. You have to cover all your bases and I made sure to have doctor notes on top of all the doctor information. I had recomendations and reasons to why I should be on disability and I sent it all in together. I knew the denial rate, thats why this took an interest to me, It was a challenge and I wanted to prove it wrong and I did. Thats why I think the second time around got me the disability. Their was no hole for them to "make up " a reason I couldnt have it because of everything I made sure I had. Like I said, it took months before I did everything, I didnt just do some research online for a week and then get it. It was time consuming, which is what I like in challenges. If it was luck, then just allow me to believe I am special in some way and I defeted the system. I never do anything amazing. Let this be my one thing -.-
Oh and I definetely needed it, I did not cheat the system I really needed to be on disability. Just so you know I am not a fraud! lol.
21 Apr 2014, 11:22 pm
I'm grieving for this idiot counselor's missing brain and pathetic lack of education. 
It's sad when they allow people that stupid to run around unsupervised. They could hurt themselves or others. 
