Oh, you have to be kidding me!

[gridlore]

Just got another love letter from the California EDD. Now they are denying my disability claim because they say medical records indicate I can do my regular job. Funny, I've got a primary care physician and a pulmonologist who say differently. I've just spoken to my Assemblyman's office, and the person I'm working with there is emailing and calling to see what's up.

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick.

The funny thing is the denial was posted two days after my initial exchange with Assemblyman Fong's office. Screw EDD hard.

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[capplor.livejournal.com]

You read my comment on FB, it still holds.

Hubby helps ppl file for disability for a living

[nightshade1972.livejournal.com]

...and he tells me the disability examiners aren't interested in doctors telling them that a patient can't work--that's not their job. What the judge/examiners are looking for from the medical experts is:

What disability/ies does this person have?

What records are in the patient's file to back it up?

Has the doctor(s) submitted an RFC specific to the disability/ies?

They only want *medical* testimony/evidence from the doctors. It's up to the *vocational* experts to determine whether a person can still work, in what capacity, and to what extent. Hubby tells me that, in his experience, the minute the judge sees a note from a medical doctor saying "this patient can't work", the tendency is for the judge to throw that right out the window. If that happens, then the judge's tendency is to pretty heavily discredit anything else a medical expert might have to say.