WHEN TRIED TO GET DISABILITY IWAS 43 THAT WAS 36 YEARS AGO I WORKED FOR MY SELLF I HAD BAD TREMOR BUT SHARP MIND THEY PUT MENT HTOUGH LOT OF ? THEY SAID I DID NOT HAVE STRENTH SHOOK TO MUCH THEY THEN WOULD TRY AND GET U A JOB BUT SAID IN MY SHAPE THEY COULD NOT GET 1 THAT PAID WHAT THEY DID SO I LUCKED OUT. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rayilynlee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:07 PM Subject: Re: Disability >I had to make 2 tries to get disability I wasn't bad enough the first time, > I could write and their weasely little MD claimed I had essential tremor > and told me take inderol. Dr. Dee Silver of San Diego wrote an extensive > letter to my neuro in Murietta which was useful documentation. The neuro > at > Scripps who made the initial diagnosis would not fill out the copious > forms, > which really hurt. Our government is not eager to make life easier for > the > disabled. When we can't jump > through the hoops anymore, maybe we get disability. I have never gotten > more than$148/mo since I got it at age 62, 8 years ago because they reduce > it by 60% because I have a meager teacher's pension and the deduction for > Medicare keeps going up. My cousin's son who died of cystic fibrosis at > age > 35 had to get a lawyer to get disability. That really enrages me. Good > luck. > Ray > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MyFirstname Mylastname Debbie Shontz" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 10:42 AM > Subject: Re: Disability > > >> Does anyone know if Parkinson's is on the list of impairments for Social >> Security that are considered so severe that theu automatically mean that >> you are >> disabled as defined by law? >> >> I just sent in my paper work for disability but am already getting my >> Soc. >> Sec. at 62. Just thought I would try and see as advised................. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn