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Thanks, Norine, Diane and all. I live in the New York City area, where bureaucracies are harsh and the rule of thumb seems to be deny, deny, deny. Hence my wish to have a lawyer at this point. I will try not to fall, though sometimes my best efforts in this regard are to no avail! :-) Kathleen On 19 June 2010 10:47, Norine Stark <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Kathleen: > > > I agree with Raylene that you do not need a lawyr to get approved - at > least not until the hearing level. Not taking your meds the day of a > consultative exam can backfire on you as it coukld lead to the examiner > opining that you do not follow prescribed treatment. Begging and nagging > are > uaseless as you don't meet with the person making the decision until the > hearing level. Falling over in the office is nort suggested as you may > actually hurt yourself and have to be taken to the E/R. Also the > iunterviewer has to write observations of you during the interview- > including how yiou came into the interview are and how you left the offfice > - there have been instances of persons walking in very slowly and while > leaving then office they were seen jumping or running and the interviewer > was able to see this remarkable recovery and note it in the file. > > As I said before hiow you comoplete the disability report will have the > greatest affect on the outcome as it determines what medical conditions > evidernce will be sought for your claim. > > Norine > > On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 7:22 AM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > I'd try begging and nagging first if I were you - it's cheaper. A > strategic > > burst of sobbing or falling over in their offices helps. > > > > Quoting Kathleen Cochran <[log in to unmask]>: > > > > > Recently put in an application for SSDI and was rejected, which I > > understand > > > is a very common outcome. Now I need to get a lawyer to appeal the > > decision. > > > If anyone knows of a good attorney in the NYC area who specializes in > > this > > > issue and has a record of success with PD patients, I would appreciate > a > > > referral. > > > > > > I noticed on the site of a big firm that under the heading > "neurological > > > disorders," PD is not listed. > > > http://www.binderandbinder.com/SSD-SSI-and-Your-Pain/Neurological- > > Disorders.shtml<http://www.binderandbinder.com/SSD-SSI-and-Your- > > Pain/Neurological-Disorders.shtml> > > > > > > Also, for anyone else out there who is going through this, here is a > link > > to > > > a form developed by PAN: > > > http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/PDform > > > > > > All suggestions, advice will be appreciated! > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Kathleen > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto: > > [log in to unmask] > > > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------- > > This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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