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TexasBushwhacker

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1. Go ahead and get a lawyer

Thu Nov 24, 2016, 01:22 AM

Nov 2016

They only get paid a percentage of any back pay you are awarded. They thing about the applications is they don't really ask you everything that SS needs to know. An attorney that specializes in SS cases can guide you through the application process. Go ahead and get copies of all your medical records. If you haven't been to the doc in a few months, go and let them know that you are applying for disability so that they can properly document everything.

I was recommended an attorney by another patient when I was in the hospital for depression in January of 2012. I had already applied in December. He guided me through the second step and I was approved on the first try.

I don't know what your disability is, but he said it's gotten much harder to get mental illness disabilities approved lately.

Good luck.

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tell me your experiences trying to qualify for SSDI or SSI [View all] demtenjeep Nov 2016 OP

Go ahead and get a lawyer TexasBushwhacker Nov 2016 #1

Get a lawyer first then have them help you do it, otherwise they will turn you down leftofcool Nov 2016 #2

I've heard it varies from state to state for some reason radical noodle Nov 2016 #3

Here re some links (from attorneys) discussing the differences from state to state etherealtruth Nov 2016 #14

I have Crohn's disease-pretty severe and get pancreatitis and now C-Diff and first round of meds fa demtenjeep Nov 2016 #4

I'm so sorry that happened to you... Lucinda Nov 2016 #6

THow awful for you. C-Diff is a nightmare in itself, but with all those conditions to start... hedda_foil Nov 2016 #8

yea, it was/is a nightmare. Additionally, the first antibiotic didn't work demtenjeep Nov 2016 #9

My daughter didn't respond to the first four antibiotics. Thankfully, the fifth one worked. hedda_foil Nov 2016 #10

Mr. dixie got Soc. Sec. disability first try, in 2005. and it took 18 months dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #5

yeah demtenjeep Nov 2016 #7

I just finished with my reassessment for disability. geomon666 Nov 2016 #11

It took my husband six weeks from the time he applied, to be approved SammyWinstonJack Nov 2016 #12

Plugged arteries in my legs madokie Nov 2016 #13

SSDI GWC58 Nov 2016 #15

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