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haele

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9. Her arthritis doctor probably doesn't work with any other doctor.

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 01:51 PM

Dec 5

That doctor probably assumes the mental issue can be managed with meds, and your friend can still work, but at a desk job or some career or something.
Laz's first rheumatologist said that to his face -"You have arthritis, and yeah, it's going to hurt some -but just go get some psych meds, get your cortisone shots, Tylenol, and methotrexate and you can work a desk job for the next 10/15 years. You're smart enough."
Like she thought he was fishing for disability and painkillers.

Dropped that idiot.

Haele

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ACA disabled friend in TX [View all] XanaDUer2 Dec 5 OP

I my experience, SSDI is almost always denied on the first application. They denied benefits to my mother rsdsharp Dec 5 #1

I told her that XanaDUer2 Dec 5 #2

A lot depends on the judge; if they run a quota or are skeptical. haele Dec 5 #5

She needs to get an attorney who specializes in this obamanut2012 Dec 5 #3

I think i need to step back XanaDUer2 Dec 5 #4

48 years old might be considered in a grey area for SSDI. haele Dec 5 #6

Her dr said her agonizing arthritis is not debilitating XanaDUer2 Dec 5 #7

Her arthritis doctor probably doesn't work with any other doctor. haele Dec 5 #9

Age does matter dsc Dec 5 #10

Yes I know XanaDUer2 Dec 5 #11

Both my brother and sister are on disability dsc Dec 5 #12

Good XanaDUer2 Dec 5 #13

She might want to talk to a social worker. totodeinhere Dec 5 #8

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