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cross posted -------------------------------------------------------- Author: lc_lil Topic: SSDI -DENIED Posted: April 07, 2001 02:29 PM -------------------------------------------------------- Yes logic has taken a backseat. Social security denied after 12 years of PD and a state teaching retirement that says I am disabled and does NOT permit you to work. Magic words come to mind, and they wonder why we get angry. This too shall pass... ...more aggravation of course. I know that so many people go through this and eventually it should go thru. But here we are, trying to help each other function as long as possible, to be able to move. But it is so deceptive. I read the letter and a chemical much more powerful than my meds either turned on or off, because if the ss doctor could see me now ... he'd see a completely disabled person. ...they did say that I did not qualify according to their criteria, and that even if I could not teach, I could do something less demanding. ...I was declared disabled at age 50 last year and had worked for well over 20 years, all paying social security. I think I will win with an attorney - gee I hope so anyway - but the aggravation and time spent becomes frustrating. The part that really gets me is that I do receive my teacher retirement - it's a disability retirement with a clearcut rule that you may not work. ... I truly do think that people are not familiar with the condition. That's a good idea to establish rapport like that, I didn't feel that with my case worker at all. She wasn't cold, just neutral, to the point... -------------------------------------------------------- From: janet313313 Posted: April 07, 2001 10:06 PM -------------------------------------------------------- lil this is absolute insanity! not to say outrageous! bureaucracy run amok! what about the ADA? why should anyone diagnosed with an incurable degenerative disease have to go through any re-evaluation and be kicked off the list? maybe ssdi know something your neuro doesn't know? maybe they've found the cure and not told anyone? why should you have to pay legal fees to prove your medical condition to anyone? why should virtually every ssdi applicant in the usa with pd have to re-invent the wheel? where are the pd organisations on this issue? PDF? NPF? APDA? MJFF? PLWP? can they not intervene on your behalf? where is the medical profession AMA? the neurologists ANA ? the movement disorder specialists WEMOVE ? how about separating the medical condition from the means test and let the experts in each field do their work unimpeded? adjudication of disability has been removed to a separate adjudication body in the ontario disabilities support program, meaning the people with the authority to evaluate financial need and write checks do not have the authority to determine disability. from my outside viewpoint - "catching cheaters" as a premise for operation of the ssdi is an insult to every citizen of the usa maybe y'all need another petition? just my canadian two cents worth janet -------------------------------------------------------- http://neuro-mancer.mgh.harvard.edu/ubb/Forum71/HTML/004073.html . janet paterson, an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit perky, parky PD: 54/41/37 CD: 54/44/43 TEL: 613 256 8340 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] "a new voice" home page: http://www.geocities.com/janet313/ . "new voice news" latest posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nvnNET/ . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn