Which Activities Should You Avoid While Waiting for Your Hearing to be Scheduled?
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2015
- What should you be doing while waiting for your Social Security disability hearing to be scheduled? With hearing backlogs reaching 2 years or longer, you will have a lot of time to fill. And you can be sure that your disability judge will ask you how you used this time.
In this video I reveal my experiences about how judges reacted to a variety of answers to this “what did you do” question. While you obviously must tell the truth, you also need to know what types of activities tend to hurt claims for disability and which types of activities can actually make your case stronger.
Administrative law judges who hear SSDI and SSI claims will not award disability benefits to claimants who have the ability to work a simple, unskilled job. If you want to improve your chances at winning your behavior and medical record must demonstrate clearly that you simply cannot work, despite your good faith desire to do so.
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Do ALJ's understand that just because a person can cook a meal, vacuum a floor, wash dishes or cut the grass that it doesn't mean they can do it eight hours a day/5 days a week? What am I supposed to do - lay on the floor motionless and stare at the ceiling?! I can see my ALJ now, "Mr Doe, since you breathe everyday, I believe you can get a job blowing up balloons for children". I'm so frustrated with this system.
I don't think that most ALJs would deny you if you can wash dishes, etc. But they refer to evidence (testimony) about your capacity to engage in activities of daily living as support for a denial. In my experience the medical evidence and opinions about work capacity from doctors is the key. But yes, it is a frustrating system.
The system should not be allowed to function in the way that it does. My ALJ was dozing off during my hearing.
Lol
@@Monkey-fc9nc hell, maybe your ALJ needs disability too, I'm applying with narcolepsy, I'll be dozing off during my hearing too
It should be a crime the way the system purposely demoralize people just to see if they will give up on their claim.
The worst thing about it taking so long is you can lose every thing you own in the meantime because you will have no income at all
The average processing time for a case in CA is up to 6 months, this starts when the case is assigned to an analyst. That doesn't count the time it takes the local field office to finish their part. I closed one case in 27 days, but that was only because it came with all the medical records I needed. Mailing out a request for records, then waiting for the doctors office to fax the records back normally takes 1-2 months. Hope that helps.
Getting ready for work, driving to work, being physically and emotionally available 100% while working, sitting or standing for 4-8 hours at work. All very different than resting between simple house chores.
THAT'S for sure!
Definitely, but I do get what he’s saying. I have to have someone to clean my house and definitely can’t push any vacuum now.
Vacuuming is tough. I can do it but since my roommate left i don't. I swept the rug instead
They want to turn us into their puppet to just screw us over and not get us anywhere.
Thanks 7:35
I applied in Feb. 2014 and was turned down in July of that same year. After hearing all the horror stories I decided to go with a lawyer for my appeal. I first went in front of the Judge in May of 2017 and he adjourned my case while waiting on pending medical reports. I went in front of the same Judge exactly 1 year to the date and again it was adjourned because their medical expert did not feel he had enough in front of him to make a decision. Thankfully I signed a 75 day waiver and was actually scheduled for yesterday afternoon. After 4 years and 3 trips in front of the same Judge on 1 appeal, The Judge granted me my disability. I'm not sure what happens next but that weight has now been lifted. I know it's hard to stay positive but you can't give up. I remember saying if and when I get my disability and now I don't have to worry anymore. Good luck to each and every one of you.
That is an outrageous amount of time to have to wait.
Thanks for the encouragement.
I was just wanting to cry about waiting for so long.
@@ssdattorneyupon federal appeals saying judge incorrectly denied how can the judge now say I am going to get better. I applied six years ago. Unable to work
Did you get permanent disability
Being denied 3 times is so traumatic because we go years unable to function without any benefits living hand to mouth, constantly stressed about how to survive during this "process". I will attribute the steady decline in my mental and physical health to this broken system. My ptsd has never been worse than now as if it wasn't bad enough when I could barely walk. This level of stress kills people, but I bet that's what they want.
I think that the system is so large and bureaucratic that the human dimension is not part of the process.
Yeah my therapist told me I should go through this without actually explaining any of this….at this point is it even worth it maybe just try to push through and try to get a job idk I’m 25 with ptsd and allot of other illness I’m in the middle of getting diagnosed but honestly hearing how hard and the stress is idk if it’s worth it I’m also a human trafficking victim and I have years of therapy, IOP, case workers psych evaluations, I just need more medical paper work and I was trying to get a psychologist along with my existing therapy case workers, other multiple services I’ve been in for surviving…..even think a service dog may be needed in my life but ugh it’s discouraging I’ve already went so long without working not making money my poor my can’t keep supporting me 🤕
Yes, someday there will be a recompense for the wicked who run the system. In the meantime, get your picket sign and go out there.
This. My lawyer told me that people are dying with pancreatic cancer before they even get one payment. Trust me nobody cares you're on your own
@@numberstimes They will stand before God and answer to him.
Thank you for saying that, "it is shameful"!
I will let you know if I won. It went really well. Very fast because we had a phone issue (I live overseas) that was NOT my fault, but... enough said. Your videos were fabulous!!!!
Thank you for your videos. It gives people like me, hope!
I can't do much but I try. Thanks for the good advice.
Thank you for information
I am not trying to get disability but it’s good to know all of this.
Thank you Jonathan for all your videos they're so helpful
Thank you for the great information. Very informative.
If you take your time on the application, answer each question thoroughly & break every answer down into an explanation TAKE YOUR TIME! Make yourself some notes. Think about EVERY way your disability affects your life minute by minute. When I applied in November of 2017 - I did that, I submitted a book pretty much. I, thank god, was approved 1st time. 2 doctor appointments to verify the PTSD & RSD. I was ready and had my appeal written, but I didn’t need it.
Good points, Val.
I applied for social anxiety and personality disorder I submitted my application took my time on it and now they sent me to see a psychologist is this even a good sign?
Why even bother filing? What a joke our system is. Thank u so much for your video's. Makes me pretty much hopeless.
If you truly cannot work and have solid medical support, you can win. The process is dysfunctional and takes way too long but if you are truly disabled you might as well give it a shot.
Social Security Disability videos THNK U!!!!!
WatchEd several of your videos and your very professional and informative. You are informative on both sides of the spectrum honest people looking for disability benefits. Also on the other side you offer for information to those that are seeking government assistance and steal from other people that are in the services. Is fair is waiting to be approved, my ex wife was approved very quickly after her Workmen's Comp. case came to a conclusion. She went straight to disability benefits. Within the same year. This is California orange county. She is been receiving disability benefits since 2010. Only through discovery hearing in 2015 increase request that she had filed tax returns in 2013,2014 of running a business of a dog walking service. She claimed that I'm most years business lost money. And then 2015 she had cared for a elderly man and earned some income.
I can't believe I'm watching these videos. I had my hearing..I got a fully fav decision then that decision got reversed and sent back to the judge..now I got to have a second hearing.
Thank you for doing these videos. May good karma come back to you 10 fold.
Thank you and namaste!
Love all your videos. It's a lot help. Thank you!
I told my attorney I passed the time by knitting. She asked me how long I knit for. I said I knit a few minutes then put it down, then picked it up again when I felt like it. She said that was ok. Wow.
thank you for all of your information. I am getting ready to apply for disability and everything you teach on here is so very helpful. thanks again :)
You are very welcome.
@@ssdattorney So what if a person applys for ss or SSI and the rehabilitation person says u can get a job sorting garments but theres no job in my area or state of such work, then what do u or are u supposed to do ? Or what are u supposed to do if the judge says the reason ur not gna be approved is bc ur to educated? Does that mean they want a person to be dumb or something?, I mean if this is the case then why dnt they approve ppl that does not have medical issues but doesn't have school education and some mental issues??? Can ANYBODY answer this 4 me???
Thank you so much for doing these videos. I just found them today and subscribed. I was finally diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis 2 years ago and Ulcerative Colitis in 2000. I'm not 53 years old and have been a legal assistant/paralegal since I was 25. I've had to cut back my hours to 30 hours week last year and even that has become too much for me. The lawyers are complaining (you know how lawyers are!) that I can't keep up with my workload, I'm slow, my memory is foggy. I'm on Methotrexate, Humira (failed on Enbrel) Entocort (for the UC), Tramadol, and gabapentin (for sleep disorder). I'm going to work today to talk to the head attorney because of the work problems and I take alot of pride in doing a good job and I just can't do it anymore. I am pretty sure I will be unemployed very soon. I live in Richmond, VA and am thinking I should apply for disability. What do you think? BTW....it took me 5 minut. to type this and I used to type 100+ wpm. :(
+Tara Lee - thanks for your comment. One issue, as you may know, is that it is difficult to win disability benefits if you are working part time. Judges tend to think that if you could work part time as a paralegal, you could possibly work full time as a receptionist or greeter. Therefore, you would improve your chances if you stop work completely. If you lose your job, then definitely apply.
I have always found inflammatory arthritis cases to be strong cases because this condition tends to get worse over time and often does not respond well to treatment. The key would be to get support from your doctor in stating that you do not have the capacity to perform even entry level work 8 hours a day. A narrative report or a functional capacity evaluation form would do the trick. Based on your age and long work history, it would appear that you have a good case, assuming the medical is supportive.
+Social Security Disability videos - Thank you very much for the feedback. The main attorney I work for and I had a discussion yesterday afternoon and he suggested that it would be in the firm's best interest (and probably mine as well) if I were to stop working for them. I'm a bit upset even though I knew it was coming, but I know that as an employer he needs to do what is in the best interest for the company. I'm pretty sure I have the medicals to back up my disability. Just wondering though, would the testimony of my current (soon to be former) employer help my case? I've been with him for 2 1/2 years and he has seen my health deteriorate. Again, thank you for your input and your videos. I wish you were in Richmond, VA so I could hire you should I likely be initially be denied.
Similar here.....
Very helpful...thank you!
What a pleasant video. I'd just like to say that if I could count the number of people that I know that did the unbelievable in the following weeks after being approved lol. I have a friend of mine that went out and took a full-time babysitting job, applying for positions at the library right after being approved. She waited 3 years going back and forth, and I just can't understand it. I honestly felt like I hurt her feelings by telling her, look we need to talk. And I think for some people, that's really what they need. Someone to sit down and do exactly what you're doing right now. To go over the reasons why. Because I think the truth of the matter is for many people perhaps they can do well for a day or two until they're completely exhausted mentally and physically. But we know judges don't have a crystal ball. Well, they act like they do. But isn't it amazing. Like with the vacuuming of the house, how that can be misconstrued as physical repetitive labor. And finally, I don't trust this idea that a person is allowed to work a certain amount of hours. I knew a couple people that got involved with a program where they could work a certain amount of time and it wouldn't affect their disability. I kept saying ( and it's not that I enjoyed being correct ) wait until your next review. And maybe those people shouldn't have been on disability because they were pushing the limit on every dollar they could make. The funny part is the explosion of this desire to join the workforce didn't happen during a few year wait for the decision approval. It happened after being granted lol. I just can't figure that out. And I'm talking a lot here but I think a lot has to do with the fact that these people were able to get shoes and new pants. They were able to feel like a person again because they went through a strenuous few years of very very little money. So with being able to feel better about themselves, it gave them this burst of some type of accomplishment. Like they finally got somewhere so the next best thing would be to be like they used to be and to go to work. It's not that easy though. Hey thanks for the video. In fact I will share it with a friend of mine that I'm a little worried about. Hopefully she falls under the separation of church and state because she's the only person holding the church up.
Thank you for all your videos. Very helpful! I have a hearing in April.
Thank you Tammy and good luck to you at your hearing.
Thank you for your FREE help, advice and videos, I have learned a lot that I did not know about the whole broken system. I foolishly thought that my very real disabilities would be seen and I would get approved and live happily ever after, but the office help (not medical professionals) decided I was not disabled. I of course appealed, well my lawyer did and I am waiting for my hearing date. If not for the grace of God I would have already lost everything, but I am blessed. Anyway you said something in the video about not understanding why the judges look at vacuuming, if a person can do or does vacuuming, I will tell you my opinion it is because if you do have back and neck problems vacuuming kills you, or at least it does me, I have to get my daughter to vacuum and mop for me or I will be in so much pain I can hardly move for a week. I have stenosis and spondolosys, I have had surgery three times and my neck has so much metal in it there is no way I can turn my head to see behind me. Oh well, anyway Thanks for your advice and God Bless you!
Sherrie, glad you find the videos helpful and good luck at your hearing.
Glad you have someone to help, but not everyone does. Most I would venture to say have to do it themselves and sit down in between or do a little each day to accomplish it all by ends week. Not fair they classify housework as something to wonder if someone is really disabled or not.
Excellent advice.
May I suggest a video topic;
Your viewers may find it helpful to know that Social Security may chose to put a claimant under surveillance to obtain a profile of day to day activities.
Perhaps a discussion on what kinds of surveillance techniques are used. What is or isn't legal and under what circumstances these activities can be expected.
I was surveilled before my hearing and was very shocked to learn that this had happened as I wasn't aware that I had been followed and video taped. I understand why it happened but still found it repugnant.
Thank you for taking the time to post these videos. I wish I could have seen these while going through the claim process.
I wish they would put a video camera on me 24 hours a day so they can see how much I struggle to even get to the bathroom.
@@littlebird3167 From one injured bird to another..thank you for saying that. It is shameful that the Social Security Administration denies so many claims from people who genuinely need it like us. So much for America being the "greatest country in the world".
I've heard of that happening after somebody receives Social Security but never just for approval I mean there's so many people I don't think that would be possible even
Did they surveil in your own private space as well?
Thank you for your help. I asked for a case review and a nice lady contacted me that same day.
You are very welcome.
Thanks ever so much for providing this information. Very much appreciated and as always I and many others are so grateful that you are trying to help us
Vanessa, thanks for the nice words - much appreciated!
You're very welcome :)
👍👍👍Very good Explanation, Thank so much 🙏🏼and Apreciate it Dear Jonathan Ginsberg
You are very welcome.
I wish I had hired you as my disability lawyer. I have spoken to my lawyer one time in the 2 years I've been waiting for my hearing that is this Tuesday. I feel so unprepared. I've been watching your videos to prepare myself for my hearing. They have help me a lot and I hope it's enough to finally win my case. 🙏
Thank you Jonathan! You rock!!
Ginsberg videos are very helpful. They helped me.
Thanks for the information
Awesome thank you very much
Thank you for your clear suggestions for my case to get approved for ssi. I have many health issues and did not know how to put them together and confirm my chances to qualify. Now I am more confident that I will eventually win my case. Thank you.
+Brian Hilton .Daaa Saxophoneman - thank you and good luck. Remember that the main issue in any SSD case is whether or not you have the capacity to perform even a simple, entry-level job.
At the assisted living center for the mentally ill where I live I clean four small bathrooms twice a week, which they pay me $10.00 a week to do. Though my disability is based on mental illness, I do have back problems. When I finish cleaning these bathrooms I have just about reached the limit of back pain that I can endure. It takes me about forty minutes to clean all four bathrooms. Also, in the summer I mow the lawn. It is a small lawn that it takes about an hour to mow. Again, I have reached just about the limit of back pain I can endure when I mow the lawn. I have a problem with destroying lawn mowers. The last time I mowed I hit a heavy metal pipe and ruined the lawn mower. Also, there are big weather issues when I mow the lawn. The antipsychotic medication I have to take makes me more susceptible to heat stroke in summer and hypothermia in winter. I am really getting a lot of heat stress when I mow the lawn in summer. My clothes get soaked in sweat.
Are these circumstances likely to get a decision made against me if I have a review of my ssi case?
You are an excellent teacher!
Thanks. Much appreciated.
Need to stay off selling anything on Craigslist, letgo, and EBay. Considered as work by SSD.
Jeff Ramsdell Seriously? That’s ridiculous! So basically they want you to be homeless & starve while you play their bs games? 🤦🏼♀️
How is selling yourself to keep alive a job?
My mom's been fighting for this for 5 years and it's going to be denied. Now we have to start all over again with a different layer.
I love your videos very informatives, maybe I need them in the future .recently I have laminectomy / fusion back surgery .but I am not feeling 100% OK. to comeback to work still sometime in pain, not like before but pain.well is only 2 months ago.let see with happen..thank you for your videos !!
That's good advice,
Your videos are amazing. They help me so much. Thank you so much. I am exactly two months away from my hearing. Any really important details you can give me? I have been disabled for over 8 years. I have been under psychiatric and psychological care for many years. I have a lot of issues with my back, including a deformity at lower back. I'm totally out of touch with the real world. My mental issues, panic attacks, depression and anxiety, keep me hiding in my home, sometimes w/o bathing for years. Sorry, I just think if I had the money and ability to have you as my lawyer!!!! Thank you so much. Please know that you are a great person and very informative.
4U2NVJEWELRY MORY did you get it?
THANK YOU I WATCHED ALL YOUR VIDEOS I DID MY HEARING WITHOUT A LAWYER AND I WON YOUR ADVICE WAS EXCELLENT
Congratulations - that is great to hear. I put these videos out to educate people about a very confusing and often unfair system and if you were able to win on your own I tip my hat to you!
I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH GOD BLESS YOU
@@MailMan62congratulations 🎊. Wishing you good health.
if you go to a doctor or breath you can work. Judges are not allowed to be a defendant for the state. What they are doing is violating ever citizens constitutional right's. money for wars but not the poor.
These are all good points, i have went in front of the judge and talked about all of these topics and got a unfavorable letter and somethings on the letter was twisted in what was said at the hearing. Now i have to figure out my next step its been very upsetting.
You can file an appeal with the Appeals Council but you are much better off doing so with a lawyer who specializes in AC work.
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Thank you!
Great advice really appreciate your videos thankyou.
+Kardough Matthews - you are most welcome.
Hello Mr. Ginseng I like your style and I will be giving you a call soon
This was a helpful video thanks
Thanks 🙏
Wet helpful thank you!
Thank you.
Thank you!!!
Very interesting and helpful video. Question: If you are over 50, and you are able to do some "entry level work" such as you described in the video, sitting and doing basic non-thinking work at a desk, that sounds great. However, no one will hire a 50+ person for such entry-level work. Social Security must take that into consideration at some point, right?
+Holly Dunagan - yes. If your medical issue is physical in nature and you meet one of the grid rules (see www.gridrules.net) your age would come into play. Even in a functional capacity evaluation judges do understand that entry level work is less available to folks over 50.
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Holly Dunagan plus the earnings wouldn't be 1/3 of what anyone needs to live/survive in this tax farm of America.
@@MrAvidOutdoorsman They don't care about that.
Judd Arsenal you can protect anybody if you’re physically weak. Often times security guards have to walk rounds as well.
Thanks for your time
My late husband had an expedited SSDI case. He was approved in 2 months, only because he had terminal cancer.
Sounds like being terminal helps.
That's a pretty high-level disability to get to.
Steel Castle well since he was given 6 months to live they expedited it. I don’t think it “helps” being terminal since you are dying.
I saw you reply on another comment if the person lost their job to definitely apply for disability. I recently was terminated due to being off work (on an approved disability claim through employer) due to complications from a cancer diagnosis. I have been torn between pursuing legal attention for wrongful dismissal/disability discrimination (as they didn't exactly follow the ADA guidelines -long story) or just pursue ss disability at this point. *sigh*
Your videos are great and very informative!
Donna, I don't handle ADA claims - but I think that your analysis is correct - if you pursue ADA you are saying that you can work with an accommodation while an SSD claims suggests that you cannot work at all. I would talk to an ADA lawyer to see what he/she thinks about your case and the likelihood of recovery and then make your decision.
If u get let go because of a disability u can get short term disability if you have thst through your empoloyer or u can file unemployment but it doesn't last long
Good tips.
Good job, Johnathan!
Thanks.
so what the hell are we supposed to do lie on our backs 24-7 twiddling our thumbs for the rest of our miserable lives
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Nope twiddling thumbs is now a job lol joking
@@Aimeecinnamonsweets probably taking a nap is work to them
That's all I can do yet the SSA says I can still work. Three years in a bed so far. Smdh I think they are dragging out my case hoping I'll die before they have to pay. That's the only thing that makes any sense.
Little Bird I like his comment that hospitalization and suicide attempts help. The hospitals just load you up om pills znd hatm. Self harm???
Ive had to use a shower chair for over two years, ive got a sock buddy, cant stand to cook a full meat, im unable to sit for a long period of time, i have to shift in my seat until i just have to get up and walk around. I use to have long hair, had to cute it couldnt left my arms over my head long enough to do the pony tail, bread and then bun. I have degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis in my ower back (lumbar area) with bone spurs, and I have a lumbar tear with bone spurs in my left hip. I have been turned down twice and i finely have my hearing in front of a alj the end of may. Your info has given me a heads up on what to expect, i wish you was my attorney.
It sounds like you have a strong case and I wish you the best of luck at your hearing.
Also I would like to add that when I could no longer work in the field of work that I had worked in for most of my adult life I went to Voc. Rehab to seek help to get funding to go to school for another field of work. When I was approved for help they didn't just give me the money they put me through a series of Appts to see what they thought was best for me regardless of what I wanted. In this process I was told there were no jobs available in the field I chose (I had already researched the field upon their requirements and I knew there were jobs) and I was made to take the 80 question career aptitude quiz. She then printed out the top jobs in the 3 top fields I scored in and asked me to choose jobs from those. Each one I chose I was told was either to physical for me or required a degree. She then said I could meet with someone else "to see if school would even be a good fit for me"!!! I was floored!! I broke down crying and had to leave! I felt like she was saying I was an idiot!
Kim: I'm 52 this month and have been trying to get on a solid path. I've had 7 jobs in just over 3 years. Applied for disability this week, after being told for several years by people and work mates that I should apply. I didn't want to either. I also started the process with Voc Rehab in October and am just getting to career exploration. That is after the job development guy realized my issues. So many and things to look out for or keep track of. My mind is flooding thinking about it.
Sorry for what you are going through; and I see I'm not alone.
Your an awesome Attorney. They switched lawyers on me at the last minute, but luckily I had a good Judge. Can you talk about where you go after you won? Do you have to pay taxes on the backpay?
Thank You so much for your knowledge, I have been home 8 months due to an additional back injury. I had applied 3 yrs ago based on osteoarthritis , fibromyalgia, depression, Epstein Barr.
2 hip replacements and the answer in a nut shell was, " you are still walking and getting around blah blah blah! I did go back to work and up until Feb 1, I was employed full time only to injure myself on my current job. I am currently on workers comp and due to have a spinal fusion. Thinking it's time to reapply!! Gonna keep watching your videos.
Thanks again!
In my situation, my housework has clearly suffered (I'm single/divorced), minimal outside work with a neighbor mowing my lawn, cars now go to an automated car wash. Thinking my major concerns are my motorcycles (large 1000cc+ street bikes). An avid biker before my health issues manifested (was rarely home anyway) but still ride my bikes on rare occasions now that I'm home all of the time. I now struggle with their weight when parked and/or fueling - I'm fine once rolling.
My life has largely revolved around motorcycling since I was about 10yo - can't imagine not riding unless I become completely crippled. Have been warned it might not be good if an 'investigator' catches me on a bike? Probably a couple of times per month at best, often less.
I would be very careful about riding your motorcycle. Workers' comp insurance companies regularly use investigators and a video of you riding would likely create problems.
👍👍👍👍👍thank you so much
Very informative thanks
You are very welcome. Glad you like the videos.
Friend had a back injury and his surgeon told him not to rake eaves, sweep, or vacumn. The doc said it was the micro turning side to side which is hard on his discs in his back.
Thank you-Buffalo, NY
You are welcome.
I'm currently undergoing an extensive case review. My spinal problems had worsened and now I have both a spinal cord stimulator and pain pump. Do I have a chance of staying on or will Social Security think I'll get better? I have FBSS and multilevel degeneration, along with a long list of problems that are steadily progressing. Thanks for your input.
if it takes 3 years to get a hearing how can you suport your self if you can not work?
This two or three year thing just seems weird to me. I did not have a lawyer and applied in late May and had the first check in July. Of course my situation may not be typical and I was in the middle of a 17 day hospitalization, my 8th or so in 12 months, when the medical review officer called to ask about some records that were missing. The hospital social worker sent her the records and I had an approval letter about a week and a half later.
Jason Koneman you were one of the lucky ones! its like they put 10,000 names in a hat and pull 3 names! them 3 are approved, the rest are denied!
raybin you can't! they want you to give up
I waited 6 years.
Was in a homeless shelter & now in public housing while being on welfare. The HRA office makes you see state Dr on a regular basis to prove you can't work.
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Who would downvote a video like this, where a guy is trying to do some good in the world and put out free information that could really make a positive difference? smh.
Falls into the "no good deed goes unpunished" category, I guess. I don't worry about this however as most of my viewers are great people.
@@ssdattorney Graceful and decent.
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Your videos are excellent
Thank you.
I appreciate this video bro
You are very welcome.
I don't think they're that strict on daily activities. It depends on your disability. When they interviewed me, I was going to a health club, playing video games (boring to do now), doing the computer, and I walked to the store and back almost every morning and got a truffle. However, my memory is in the severely impaired range, especially after 30 minutes. I'm slow. It takes me forever to come up with a walking route, and I was still agitated back then and screaming. My team has given up on me working. My body is fine. However, the pills make me get off balanced easier, and ican't ride a bike. Also, I'm sensitive to heat. I tried to volunteer at a shelter, but I overheated so easily.
these people are insane! who spends an hour vacuuming? it takes less than 20 minutes to vacuum my whole house. you can not even play games? so do we just lay in bed until we lose our house and end up in a shelter?
I don't understand how the judge expects me to be able to afford to see doctors and get meds while waiting for a decision.
I agree with you. It is a Catch 22.
Exactly i think they just think that you have a wad of money just laying around it's a total joke .
@@cdub2231 exactly I’m waiting on my hearing
@@cdub2231 YES!!!
Exactly my arbitrator asked me why I hadn't seen the rheumatologist well because I have Medicaid and it took me 8 months to get into a clinic and now it's been over a year I'm on way to see a rheumatologist what about the people who have Medicaid and no insurance how do they develop a large medical record without money!?
Thank you for your videos. Please make videos for elderly and especially elderly immigrants , that are sitizens, receiving SSI. What to do when you gat a letter about overpayment ( that did not happened), and your SSI is cut from 730 to 400 for many years, appeal was ignored and SSI was decreased even more. They are lost in the system. They can not live on 400$ a month. What to do? Please help. Could you please make video how to find SSI lawyer in Washington state, Seattle area. Thank you.
I was glad to hear you say about volunteering and I have an additional question about that. Have you ever worked with clients that are Jehovah's Witnesses that have health conditions that make it impossible to work a full or part-time job? The reason I wonder that is because I know some that are Jehovah's Witnesses that get disability benefits and yet they are going out in their ministry work and I wonder how the judges handle something like that?
+Kristy Sokoloski - I would be concerned that a judge might equate ministry work with full time, entry-level work. If you are ministering full time or close to full time that could make your case difficult to win.
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I am 66. I was diagnosed with severe osteoarthritis in 2016 by an Orthopedic Surgeon and have that documentation as well as ex-rays that show both my hips and right knee. At the time, I was given an injection to support my right knee. I was stunned at the time because I only had minor aching in my lower body and worked at that time through now...July 2020. Now, however, I have horrible pain from hips down to and through my feet doing the same job I did in 2016. I've also lost 40 lbs since 2016. In my case, I do have skills to do a sit-down position and have data entry skills. I'm wanting to get the medical support/surgery/if necessary and the ability to quit my current job and apply for a data entry position. I am looking for financial support/assistance to work until age 69. How should I proceed?
I have chronic back and neck pain such as spondylosis, radiculapthy, disk degenerative disease, spinal stenosis, bulging disks in both cervical and lumbar regions of my back. I've gained weight due to the inability to exercise. Along with the chronic condition I had domestic violence abuse a couple of years ago, which caused additional damage to my lower back and ended up having surgery L5-S1 due to disk rupturing less than a year ago. In addition to that I've had a life long diagnosis of depression and anxiety and endometriosis. Does the domestic violence abuse have any bearing on my claim ? Should it? I have a 2 year old son that I care for which is extremely difficult as my pain consistently puts me down on my back in bed many times throughout the day to get relief. I am a single mother. I have 25 years of work experience. I was terminated from employment at 8 months pregnant.i have not returned to the work force as a result of my inability to commit to it, be reliable and dependable for work. Help!
Hello from California 😊
Yea I wouldn't wait 2 years I waited 7 yrs to try to get SSI and was denied twice from the same law judge twice I thought that was unfair to me
With a back problem vacuuming is very difficult for me.
I feel like giving up. This is my second time getting denied and I don't know what to do. I'm young so I know that has to do with it but already have a full hip replacement and still can't work. Thank God for my mom or I'll be in the streets. I'm still going to try but damn it's heartbreaking feeling helpless and like a leech to those you love, I'm slowly giving up.
Yes, it can be very frustrating. I find that when I am representing younger individuals evidence of multiple failed work attempts and statements from former supervisors and coworkers about the claimant's inability to perform work reliably can make a difference.
I was misrepresented by a Law a Firm in San Antonio Texas. I went threw 4 case workers.
I applied now waiting I submitted my information that the lawyer didn’t have info.
I get Provider Services threw the state of Texas but I can’t get help with my bills due to my disability. I can’t work . Help
I guess I lucked out. After being denied, and my atty. pulling out because of difficulty reaching me during covid, they jumped and gave me a telephone hearing and approved me. I didn't question it, didn't expect it, didn't appeal or ask for it. It was mystery, but what do I know??
When you have an advocate instead of a lawyer and unfortunately the advocate does not go to the civil federal level. How do you go about finding an attorney that handles the civil federal level. I don’t want to take the chance of getting cut off my long-term disability I’m down to the wire I’ve been calling every attorney I can possibly find I’m getting to the point where I’m recycling attorneys now that people are referring to me that people are like you’ve already called me. What do you suggest at this point? If I refile I lose the chance of all those years of the backpay and the possibility of losing my long-term disability. I feel like I was very misled by the advocate. Also my trial happen to take place in my living room because it was during Covid there were so many errors the attorneys don’t even want to look at that they just want to look at the law judges decision. Please advice I’m really down to the wire now.
Some people are required to be as physically fit as possible from the damage left behind from the disease or medical situation they're in. People with severe asthma especially need to stay in shape.
They asked me if I wasn't at the hearing what I would be doing. I said watching tv. They discounted my fatigue because I wasn't taking medicine in their decision writing because I wasn't taking medication for it. I'm not going to take legalized meth.
I had Double knee injuries and a left arm injury I went to rehab for all of them but insurance would only allow so long that they would pay for it so they told me to do it on my own is this OK I am still in pain
I applied for SSDI in July of this year. I got approved end of August. I have advanced COPD. I was told it's usually quicker to get approved if the disability will likely cause my death, which mine will. It's so sad so many struggle to get approved.
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Holey motley what are you suppose to do all of this doesn't help my anxiety I'm experiencing that just thinking about it Lord help me get through this
My attorney is nothing like you, he has not did anything you do, especially the video you did for your client on your opening statement. He had no opening statement, even though I was told by the back doctor in court there are no jobs for me. I talked to him once, before my hearing on the phone, after my hearing and they sent me to two doctors, a physical and physiological, all doctors agree I am disabled. So I went to my physicals, and both agree again, now I'm being told I will probably have another hearing, when my attorney did nothing in the first hearing but type. So, the second? I'd love to have you.
HI MR JONATHAN HOW HAVE U BEEN GREAT I HOPE 👍☺MY HEARING IS IN A WEEK MY FIRST ONE HOPE I GET APPOVED I SENT U A LIST OVER ON U TUBE WHEN U GET A CHANGE COULD U READ THEM OVER PLEASE BLESSINGS TO U AND FAMILY THANKS!!
How do you go to a doctor with no insurance? I need to have a MRI, I have filed for disability recently and Medicaid. I’m not blind, or 65 so Medicaid is out. What help is out there when you can’t work. I’m just lost.
When u have ur phone interview for Medicaid when they ask if u are disabled tell them yes
Currently waiting to hear back from the appeal of my second SSA denial; a lawyer I talked with a couple of months ago said I'll likely get denied again and should call him when I do. My disabilities include major depression, generalized anxiety disorder, polycystic ovarian syndrome (which causes hormonal fatigue and aches throughout my periods and when I'm ovulating) chronic pain in my back and legs, and a traumatic brain injury I sustained in 2007 from a car accident. I honestly can't do a lot; quarantine has been bad for my anxiety since I have to spend more time at home, and I rely on takeout and frozen meals a lot. I do stuff on the computer, but mostly from bed, and on the occasions I do go out, I need to take my walker or cane. Any advice?
You might consider keeping a daily diary of your symptoms since it seems like you will be pursuing disability based on a combination of impairments. In cases like this I like to have my clients paint a picture of their daily struggles and sometimes it can be difficult to find the right words due to the stress of a hearing. In these cases I would almost certainly prepare and submit a pre-hearing brief.