Crap

[gridlore]

Last night we got a letter from SSA.

My disability claim has been denied. Evidently, having severe epilepsy doesn't qualify. So now we have to consider appealing the decision.

This really pisses me off. I'd love to have one of the people who made this decision live in my body for a week.

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Not sure about california.....

[jarlsberg71.livejournal.com]

But in NY, when Jason filed for SSA, he too was deinied the first time around, and then we had "lawyer up" For some reason, this works.... I think they feel that if you're competent enough to do all this petitioning yoruself, then you must be able to work (go fig) But the "lawyer rate" for SSA is 25% of whatever they back pay you since if you win you get everything you should have gotten from the beginning. Or atleast when you first filed. For Jason this was a big sum, about $6,000 But out of that we had to pay back public assistance. but we still got $1000 for our troubles and he did get monthly income.

No luck working even part time in a gaming store around you're new area? Not only would that be up your alley, but they might pay under the table....

--John