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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