New dummie Quakers denied disability

[I_B_Perky]

OK folks... this is a bonfire of 1. I'm betting though that the dummies will be on it tomorrow and it will grow.

The Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026002063

The OP:

Quackers (181 posts)

I just received my first disability denial letter
I was hoping for an approval but knew the odds were against me. I contacted a law firm yesterday and they are taking the case. The bad part is they get 25% of any back pay. It just seems that the system is designed to make you give up. After looking around online last night, I found these statistics about social security applications. It makes me wonder what the real purpose is to have people in the lower levels decide anything. It seems they deny deny deny and finally a judge has to step in to make the real decision.

<some big long powerpoint slides>

Ooops. Got a bite while I was writing this.

AnnieBW (6,714 posts)
1. Submit again

Apparently Social Security disapproves everyone the first time around. Possibly look into getting a lawyer, too.

Dummies know how to get disability now. I will give them that. If they had some gumption they could probably turn that into a living. They are dummies though.


Merry Christmas to all the members of CC! I hope the new year brings prosperity and joy to each and every one of ya all.

[GOBUCKS]

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 10:18 PM
doc03 (15,243 posts)
9. I am not saying you don't have a disability but do you know how many

people that get a disability that don't deserve one. They have to make it tough to prove to keep the
freeloaders off the rolls. I know a guy that claimed men in black suits were shooting his house with lasers,
put acid on the fittings on his propane tank and he walked around with a cane for two years. The month he got his first
check he was suddenly cured. No cane, no men in black. Since then he bought a new Harley and a ski boat.

DUmmy docnumbers isn't going to be with us much longer.

First he defended cops in Scorpion's thread, and now he's insulting deadbeats.

Thant's no way to survive at the DUmp.

[Skul]

The Quackery primitive needs to seek the advice of the rotund Omaha Weeper.

[I_B_Perky]

DUmmy docnumbers isn't going to be with us much longer.

First he defended cops in Scorpion's thread, and now he's insulting deadbeats.

Thant's no way to survive at the DUmp.

Poor moling, GB? Suicide run? If so, seems a shame with 15,000 plus posts. I'm betting this is a semi-dummie. Probably got robbed by a pavement ape of the non pigment-challenged kind. That experience will open up even a dummie eyes.   

[franksolich]

The Quackery primitive needs to seek the advice of the rotund Omaha Weeper.

You know, it's a lot of time and trouble applying for all these things.

When all's totalled up, it's just easier to work for a living.

I'm saying this as a person with four identifiable "disabilities," each one of which on its own usually gets one a first-class ticket on the gravy train.

But.....it's a big hassle, a lot of time and trouble--not to mention one's worth is determined by desk-sitting governmental bureaucrats--and I'm a pretty lazy person.

It's a whole lot less work to work for a living.

[tanstaafl]

Poor moling, GB? Suicide run? If so, seems a shame with 15,000 plus posts. I'm betting this is a semi-dummie. Probably got robbed by a pavement ape of the non pigment-challenged kind. That experience will open up even a dummie eyes.   

I think it's just the primitive-cracker primitive is just too much of a DUmmie (thus, stoo-pid) to know that you have to have at least one doctor sign on that will back your fraud with SSDI to the hilt or you don't stand a chance on the first one or two go-arounds unless they wheel you into the hearing room on a gurney. Best strategery is to take up golf or tennis, join a club and lavish free drinks around the bar until you have a chance to catch a doctor in a compromising, eh, situation. Because like politicians, they're yours if you find a dead girl in the trunk, or a live boy in the bed.

[Skul]

You know, it's a lot of time and trouble applying for all these things.

When all's totalled up, it's just easier to work for a living.

I'm saying this as a person with four identifiable "disabilities," each one of which on its own usually gets one a first-class ticket on the gravy train.

But.....it's a big hassle, a lot of time and trouble--not to mention one's worth is determined by desk-sitting governmental bureaucrats--and I'm a pretty lazy person.

It's a whole lot less work to work for a living.

Precisely, DUmmies will exert far more work and effort getting out of work, than it takes to do the job.

[Chris_]

If there weren't so many people trying to score their free ride, it would probably be easier for legitimately disabled people to get the help they need.

[Carl]

Response to Quackers (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 09:51 PM

 grilled onions (1,935 posts)
2. They Want You To Fail

Nothing helped me more than my English class. I read and reread every question. Some questions were trick questions. I thought I had it right but they denied my first time around. I was upset,angry but more determined to win second time around.
Besides all the medical xrays, (this was before MRI's being standard testing),and other tests, I made sure I gave in great detail all my limitations to ward off the usual job substitutions. I was not trying to avoid work but just proving there was little that I could do in just about every job I would be qualified. I cannot even hold change so I made that simple limitation so they knew retail was out. Also walking,standing,climbing(steps to even get on a bus or work where the job may be on a second floor). It may seem simple tasks that you can't do but think of what is difficult and put it down. It all adds up. Pain never seems to get many points. They figure if you can get a certain pain pill,surgery etc you will be able to work(even if you know better.
Don't give up.

Response to Quackers (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 11:30 PM

 Ineeda (3,271 posts)
19. Three additional things to remember to factor in:

Emotional instability. There are emotional ramifications of being disabled, especially if you work with the public in any way, or with other employees for that matter. And I'm not saying raving lunatic, just normal (and genuine) depression.
Fatigue.
Reliability. There are often not-so-bad days and bad days -- you need to be reliable to hold any job.

These are things applicants sometimes forget, but they're important.

A whole thread of useless filth.

[Delmar]

Response to Quackers (Original post)Wed Dec 24, 2014, 09:52 PM
Star Member dixiegrrrrl (38,752 posts)
3. Mr D got approved first time around

He does have an obvious physical disability
and
we live in a sparsely populated area
both conditions I think were helpful in moving the paperwork along
but
in spite of that, it still took 18 months from application to first check.

since there was no income ( we had savings) during that time, they paid him from date of his last working day to the day he was officially on SSDI.
It was a nice lump sum, and tax free.

If your lawyer can get you accepted, the 25% of the first check is probably worth the rest of the income you will get every month, and the peace of mind.
Plus you will be eligible for a good insurance program. Be sure to get Part B, they will automatically give you Part A.

The lawyer makes out, the DUmmy makes out--everybody is a winner except the poor suckers who end up footing the bill.

[Skul]

If there weren't so many people trying to score their free ride, it would probably be easier for legitimately disabled people to get the help they need.

Sad, but ever so true. 

[BlueStateSaint]

As I found out over the past few years, I've got back problems stemming from my car crash while on active duty (a LOD investigation determined that it was within regulations).  I'll probably have to have back fusion surgery at some point.  My chiropractor saw the MRI that I had to convince my primary care doctor to do (he thought my back problems were muscular) and said to me, five years ago, "you have the back of a 70-year-old ironworker."  He also told me that he would back up any disability claim I wanted to make at the VA.  I told him that there's service members returning from the sandbox that are in far worse shape than I who need disability, and I politely declined.  He told me that that's what he expected me to say . . .