tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post1715536841688905620..comments2024-03-28T15:24:37.140-04:00Comments on Social Security News: Republican Senators Want Time Limited Disability BenefitsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-45656078715891834302017-03-27T14:33:50.895-04:002017-03-27T14:33:50.895-04:00thank you 502 you prove my point, Early Onset Alzh...thank you 502 you prove my point, Early Onset Alzhiemers is a CAL condition.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-51700086742863693592017-03-24T06:08:25.659-04:002017-03-24T06:08:25.659-04:00The requirements for getting on disability are mor...The requirements for getting on disability are more stringent than for those that are on that are undergoing CDRs. I have seen cases where someone on SSI has worked enough to be covered under SSA. SSA disability claim was denied but the SSI CDR was continued. Asked DDS how this could be--different requirements. First one has to show that a person is disabled while at a CDR he or she just has to show not enough improvement. Doesn't make sense to me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-38638837880579388092017-03-23T21:25:43.679-04:002017-03-23T21:25:43.679-04:005:02
Oh, my! You can't grill the same cuts of...5:02<br /><br />Oh, my! You can't grill the same cuts of meat? Horrors! Is this like a competition or something? I can't grill ANY cuts of beef and I can't work. I am also in my 50's but for whatever silly reason, no one wants to hire a former public interest attorney who was diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's. I would LOVE to work in an office, a bakery, selling shoes, or even waiting tables (the latter would be really funny). Seriously, until you have walked in another's shoes, it's best not to criticize others. Lucky me, I think I "won".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-60164585800754751262017-03-22T14:30:30.566-04:002017-03-22T14:30:30.566-04:00Can't wait for this. My practice will explode...Can't wait for this. My practice will explode! I can rep the same client's over and over and collect more fees! Plus, all the added cases will create such a backlog that every case will be a max fee! Yea!<br /><br />I think I'll go buy that lake house I was thinking about....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-72285510468212512732017-03-21T10:34:37.104-04:002017-03-21T10:34:37.104-04:00Testimony Of Transformation With The Help Of Lexie...Testimony Of Transformation With The Help Of Lexieloancompany@yahoo.com<br /><br />I am writing this Testimony because am really grateful for what MARTINEZ LEXIE did for me and my family when I thought there was no hope he came and make my family feel alive again by lending us loan at a very low interest rate of 2%, well I have been searching for a loan to settle my debts and bills for the past months all I met scammed and took my money total 6,500usd until I finally met a God sent Lender. I never thought that there are still genuine lenders on the internet but to my greatest surprise i got my loan form this great company without wasting much time, so if you are out there looking for a loan of any kind for business or other purposes i would advise you to email Mr MARTINEZ LEXIE via: ( Lexieloancompany@yahoo.com ) OR text: +18168926958 and be free of internet scams. thanks… Jenny Hills Alcott Resident: Los Angeles California, United State<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-76058192814039806062017-03-21T10:29:38.682-04:002017-03-21T10:29:38.682-04:00I had a VE testify that my claimant could be a bur...I had a VE testify that my claimant could be a burr grinder but didn't know what they did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-3145571685028074262017-03-21T09:39:54.204-04:002017-03-21T09:39:54.204-04:00Actually, the medical improvement standard was in ...Actually, the medical improvement standard was in place before Reagan thanks to Rivas v. Weinberger. Reagan was attacked due to his non-acquiescence to court rulings. That was an awful time for disability claimants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-41910658047006229672017-03-21T06:18:41.926-04:002017-03-21T06:18:41.926-04:00ALJ dismissed my hand, shoulder issues and ignored...ALJ dismissed my hand, shoulder issues and ignored all the nonexertional limitations, including headaches (frequent) and migrains (at least 3-5) days a month. He basically regurgitated the original DDS RFC. Why bother with the charade? As for the three jobs, if I could do any of them I would never have applied!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430141227801711657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-56807595617274113132017-03-21T00:28:51.405-04:002017-03-21T00:28:51.405-04:00Just received my denial from ALJ! Claimed there we...Just received my denial from ALJ! Claimed there were 3 jobs I could do. Three jobs I've never heard of. I didn't know a shift manager (glorified clerk) at a convenience store 14 years ago was a "skilled" job. I don't know what I'm going to do. Suicides haven't changed anything...Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430141227801711657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-65277069648635840622017-03-20T17:02:41.861-04:002017-03-20T17:02:41.861-04:00And BTW Tim, no I don't make the same money I ...And BTW Tim, no I don't make the same money I did before, not by a long shot, actually just a little over half what I made before. I miss working with my hands, being outside, recovering from my work with a shower and a good meal. Now I am frustrated by fax machines, fighting with copiers and interoffice politics. I don't live in the neighborhood I used to live in, I don't have my Silverado on 38s anymore, I don't grill the same cuts of meat, drink the same booze or even have the same damn cable package I had before. but it is a damn sight better than being on disability. I would drag myself through the sewer if I had to, and one day I may not be able to keep this up but you can bet you type happy ass that I will working up to that day. Thanks a lot for pissing me the eff off! People like you are the ones they are gunning for. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-50169123736519667532017-03-20T15:54:55.666-04:002017-03-20T15:54:55.666-04:00Tim
You are wrong, I do have disabilities, mostly...Tim<br /><br />You are wrong, I do have disabilities, mostly mobility, but I also only have one eye, but it is corrected to 20/40 with glasses. I use public transportation because I cannot drive with my condition. I have to use assistive technology along with some common sense. With the commute, my average 8 hour work day averages about 9 hours and 45 minutes. I am over 50 years old and went from being on a survey crew figuring property lines and laying out roads, sewers and grading in new construction to an office job. So get off your high horse telling me what I am and what I do. With or without legs I support myself.<br /><br />I cant do what I did before, but I can and do work now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-25612036658121265872017-03-20T15:40:58.828-04:002017-03-20T15:40:58.828-04:00No, I am NOT Bernie Sanders! BALLOONED? You mean b...No, I am NOT Bernie Sanders! BALLOONED? You mean because of demographics? Baby Boom and more women working lead to more people in disability, along with the raising of the retirement age. Actual people in disability has declined in last three years and continues to trend downward. All of this was predicted.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430141227801711657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-8336367999386989562017-03-20T15:30:01.567-04:002017-03-20T15:30:01.567-04:002:36 You obviously have no concept of what it'...2:36 You obviously have no concept of what it's like to be disabled. As for having my mind made up, it took me 30 years of struggling against my body to get to where I can no longer work. I didn't "decide" not to work any more, one day. But, after a lengthy process, realized that my ability to work had been eroded. Did you know that Johnny Unitas "played" with the Chargers, Joe Naimoth was with the Rams and O.J.Simpson "ran" with the 49ers? Their former teams all knew before they did that their careers were over. They thought they could still perform, because in their minds they thought they still could. Reality can be difficult to accept. You try this new treatment, that new medication... eventually, even they had no choice but to accept their fate. Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430141227801711657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-20467009494848436282017-03-20T14:36:20.581-04:002017-03-20T14:36:20.581-04:00Tim
Are you Bernie Sanders? Even if you know noth...Tim<br /><br />Are you Bernie Sanders? Even if you know nothing else look to how the program started before it ballooned into the disaster it is today. When you already have your mind made up that you are not returning to work, they yes it is never going to happen. If you can sit here and whine, you could be transcribing medical records, doing billing and coding, running an ebay store. Lack of desire is not a disability but attitude is. I see many people of dire conditions work. 100 years ago you would have had the choice, find something to support yourself or go to an institution. How would you do now? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-80817926407221307772017-03-20T14:21:07.356-04:002017-03-20T14:21:07.356-04:0010:57 AM Are you Senator Rand Paul? Even Senator ...10:57 AM Are you Senator Rand Paul? Even Senator Cotton seems to have more compassion than you! By the way, disability insurance is part of Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance.<br /><br /> Just because you've been determined to be "not disabled" under SSA rules doesn't mean you're capable of doing the alleged "job" the VE claims you can based upon the hypothetical of the ALJ. Hypothetically, if I had a long enough, strong enough lever and fulcrum, then I could lift the moon! Practically, that ain't gonna happen! As I said earlier, returning to work isn't an option.<br /><br />7:20 AM Were these two eventually approved? If I am denied again, my only choice is to appeal/reapply. Does SSA consider that their previous decision was flawed, or do they take the approach, "Doesn't this person understand they're not disabled?" If you work for SSA, that's what I'd guess. Naturally, the claimants are saying, "Doesn't SSA understand that I really can't work?"Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430141227801711657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-49664619618751217122017-03-20T13:35:49.749-04:002017-03-20T13:35:49.749-04:00A foolish waste of money and time. CDR, if staffed...<br /><br />A foolish waste of money and time. CDR, if staffed adequately, would take care of this. Requiring disabled to reapply would inevitably result in some giving up and succumbing to their disability without assistance. However, most will prevail, but the idea would require increased funding and increased staffing and increased numbers of adjudicators at all levels with all types of biases. Cotton never understood the disability program; he just kept insinuating widespread fraud. Rubio, Lee know even less. Very few congressional representatives have staff who actually have a comprehensive grasp of the SSDI program. So it's a fool's errand fueled by the mean natured shills who blather the old waste fraud and abuse lie that plays well with the imbeciles who elected this present and the majority in the house and senate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-47407459182296268612017-03-20T12:52:36.314-04:002017-03-20T12:52:36.314-04:00SOME quads can work in SOME circumstances. Quadri...SOME quads can work in SOME circumstances. Quadriplegia, like most other medical conditions, occurs in various degrees of severity. Cases that appear from objective evidence to be th same, e.g. C6 incomplete, result in widely varying degrees of symptomatology. This is why determinations as to ability to perform SGA is a complex process, and hardly one SSA is in a position to undertake several times for each recipient especially given the backlogs/funding problems SSA has now.<br /><br />As a quad who already had the advantages of an advanced degree and years of relevant experience, I would feel sorry for any employer who had to depend on me to perform reliably in order to cover overhead. The prospect of borrowing money to get an education, job experience, transportation, etc., is overwhelming. I know some technical quads do it and I admire them, but they have some factors going for them which most of us don't have. The same goes for other impairments often to a lesser extent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-4181768553778977532017-03-20T10:57:15.507-04:002017-03-20T10:57:15.507-04:00I think too many people do not have an understandi...I think too many people do not have an understanding of the program and what it means to be disabled under SSA standards. Just because you are not disabled under SSA rules doesn't mean you do not have a medical condition. That part seems to confuse a lot of people. They are not denying the fact you have back pain, what they are saying is you can work over SGA. People get denied and we hear about their pain being real, yes, they say it is real, but not enough to stop you from make SGA. <br /><br />My $0.02, the program should only pay for CAL level claims, those conditions so severe they will end in immediate death in short order. The rest need to retrain and rethink the way they address work and earn some money. These days there are countless ways to get retrained and to become productive. If quadriplegics can work so can you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-22961044924304685032017-03-20T10:29:48.725-04:002017-03-20T10:29:48.725-04:00@7:20, DDS mantra is DENY, DENY, DENY, and this is...@7:20, DDS mantra is DENY, DENY, DENY, and this is for legitimate claims. You cannot convince me otherwise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-56420661073724139702017-03-20T10:20:50.955-04:002017-03-20T10:20:50.955-04:00Here's a thought. How about letting my lawyer ...Here's a thought. How about letting my lawyer cross examine every doctor, on everything! Allow as many witnesses to testify as you want... and then have a lawyer for SSA... with a jury! With the PROOF at step five left to the government to PROVE... with actual jobs from the AREA (25 miles) from actual employers that are REQUIRED TO HIRE FOR SIX MONTHS, if the jury finds them not disabled. The employers can petition SSA within 60 days once they have proof that the finding of not disabled was a pipedream!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430141227801711657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-83865431968481537412017-03-20T09:30:18.783-04:002017-03-20T09:30:18.783-04:00What a golden opportunity for Reps. Just think, t...What a golden opportunity for Reps. Just think, taking the same claimant back every 2 years for another hearing. $6,000.00. What a career move...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-78987897276330921892017-03-20T09:23:11.653-04:002017-03-20T09:23:11.653-04:00Sounds like a good start, if funded with a proper ...Sounds like a good start, if funded with a proper re-training program, continuing medical coverage and a few other tweeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-42950334716743240592017-03-20T07:42:13.570-04:002017-03-20T07:42:13.570-04:00For the few who read this blog who can't trans...For the few who read this blog who can't translate what they are really trying to do, it's an end-around to gut Social Security. Realizing that the agency is already understaffed and budgeted for its work load, you require people to reapply for benefits every so often, which vastly increases the agency work load. You sit back and laugh while the agency implodes. Then you put on a cape and swoop in to the rescue with your severe benefit cut and privatization plan to save Social Security. After the photo op, you check your bank account to make sure the big donations from the tea party, the Koch brothers, and any private companies that may profit from the plan have been deposited. Instruct staffers to ignore calls from outraged constituents and to blame it all on Obama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-18577693818597735482017-03-20T07:28:56.096-04:002017-03-20T07:28:56.096-04:00Rubio, Lee and Cotton
It seems the facts they'...Rubio, Lee and Cotton<br />It seems the facts they've forgotten<br />Are enough to fill <br />The bill they shill<br />With proposals silly and rotten<br /><br />Few people on SSD<br />Are exactly like you and me<br />Most can't work<br />So don't be a jerk<br />Start solving the actual problemsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-52153244550939396502017-03-20T07:20:14.179-04:002017-03-20T07:20:14.179-04:008:25 - get a clue... the backlog is because the ma...8:25 - get a clue... the backlog is because the mantra already is "if you first don't succeed, reapply and reapply again" and again, and again. My record so far is a 17th application, and a 10th request for hearing. The first had a rep and was still under 50 and the second did not have a rep. Until there is a time requirement between when you can reapply (unless severe intervening force) or penalty on the back end for serial reappliers, there will always be a backlog. Love it when the doctor puts in his or her notes: "patient says he is trying to get his disability"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com