Posted by Kar on June 20, 2002, at 22:14:36
In reply to psycho-blah state psychologist, posted by Krazy Kat on June 20, 2002, at 15:03:31
KK- sorry you're going through this. It really irks me that this man has the power to make assumptions about you from one meeting! So insulting and unfair. I was rejected the first time and appealed it; ended up getting it the second time around. Apparently once you're rejected twice, the lawyer can really help. Anyway, I posted this in May. If you don't get it this go around, see if you can have your doc use the following wording. In CT at least, it really helped:
Hey everyone...found out some catch phrases that the disability people are specifically looking for when deciding if you are eligible. I had applied and was turned down and just went through the appeals process. My therapist talked to a rep at SS and was told what they look for in the letters from docs and therapists. She said to make sure that they stated the percentage of time that your depression, etc. keeps you in the house (like for me, we said 75%) and also that you are NOT improving. Apparently that's a biggie. My therapist also added that it's hard enough for me to do things for myself, "let alone for other people, that a job would require". We had my pdoc write something very similar to that, and poof! I was accepted! I know there's only like 20% chance of reversal at the appeal stage so I think this really helped...Hope someone can use this... :D
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