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Scott, Mary Ann's email is exactly right. I taught elementary school all my life but didn't go to an attorney initially and it was awful. I had PD with multi work difficulties and was denied 3 times before I finally broke down and went to an attorney who actually specializes in Social Security Disability. (It's very important to get the right attorney!) The application was old hat to my attorney and the claim was accepted in a matter of weeks without the major grief I previously experienced. It took 4 years for mine to be accepted but in the end I did get payments for all that time. Good luck with the process. Niwana ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ann Ryan" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 9:05 AM Subject: Re: disability > Last Tuesday I attended a conference where a lawyer discussed Social > Security Disability. For anyone considering applying for disability, here > are some points to remember: > > Almost 70% of people applying for disabilily are rejected - expect to be > rejected. Immediately appeal the rejection. > > Apply for SS disability (SSDI) *as soon as you no longer work.* Don't > wait - you will be penalized because the longer you are not paying into > Social Security, the further your compensation will be reduced. > Furthermore, Medicare won't kick in for 24 months after you receive SSDI - > unless you have AIDS or ALS. If you don't apply for SSDI within 5 years > of leaving work, you will no longer be eligible to apply. > > You are eligible for SSI if you have children and resources of less > than $2000 (if you are married your spouses income and resources count - > house, car and furnishings are excluded in this figure). Medicaid is > awarded immediately. > > Be sure to give your doctors notice that you are applying for SSDI so > that they will be aware of the paper work coming their way. > > When my husband went on Disability after working for 20 years with PD, > his employer and doctors were more than willing to help out with the > process. He was one of the 30% that was immediately accepted into the > program. > ------------ > God bless > Mary Ann Ryan (CG Jamie 63/23) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn