The Nuts & Bolts of Applying for Disability Benefits in the U.S with ME/CFS or Long COVID

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  • Опубліковано 29 лис 2024

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  • @maxyazhbin826
    @maxyazhbin826 Рік тому +2

    really good video

  • @latachoudhury9692
    @latachoudhury9692 Рік тому +2

    I have hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) from Long Covid. This is a very useful video. I shall apply.

  • @mistyfranson4926
    @mistyfranson4926 8 місяців тому +1

    Long covid has destroyed my life. Thank you for this information.

  • @amysin963
    @amysin963 Рік тому +4

    I got approved for LTD with a two-day CPET, but I keep getting denied for SSDI. I’m in the appeal process. It’s ridiculous and demoralizing.

    • @maryr7593
      @maryr7593 3 місяці тому

      @@amysin963 everyone who I know who is approved for disability said they have to contact a lawyer to take the agency to court. Otherwise they almost always say no. The lawyer's fee is based upon a percentage of what you take in. It goes back to the first dates you applied...a friend first applied in mid 1990s...approved in 2015....he had a lump sum of something like $25,000., plus half of his yearly salary for the last 3-5 yrs from date he was approved. At that point he wasnt making much at all. He lives in a house his 90 yr old mom owns but taxes are way more than his entire yearly income. If he ever inherits the house...it will be a sticky situation....how do others on US disability do this?

  • @theantiqueactionfigure
    @theantiqueactionfigure Рік тому +3

    The most humiliating experience of my life. Basically the system doesn't like losing a contributor to their funding!!!!

  • @ticc2354
    @ticc2354 8 місяців тому

    Thanks. Very informative. I have long covid with chronic fatigue. I have had adrenal gland deficiency for years. I’m on work short term disability now and it’s looking like I need to go on work long term. It goes through a third party. The stress added… like you said every case is different..

  • @MartinKeogh
    @MartinKeogh Рік тому +7

    It's possible to be approved. I was successful with no appeal

    • @faikerdogan2802
      @faikerdogan2802 Рік тому +2

      Any details u Wana give us 😅

    • @MartinKeogh
      @MartinKeogh Рік тому

      @@faikerdogan2802 I had a doctor who was meticulous in ruling out any other cause through multiple tests. And she was meticulous in describing my symptoms and their consequences

    • @MP-uo6qd
      @MP-uo6qd Рік тому +2

      how much do you get per month in the US?

    • @susanwangcfa3685
      @susanwangcfa3685 7 місяців тому

      Suggestions? =). Who's ur doctor? =))))

    • @maryr7593
      @maryr7593 5 місяців тому

      ​@@MP-uo6qd depends upon your previous income...she said it's like 50% of your previous income.

  • @B3l0v3d05
    @B3l0v3d05 3 місяці тому

    I'm in Colorado. Curious what comes after Functional Report and Work History and they are requesting medical records

  • @B3l0v3d05
    @B3l0v3d05 3 місяці тому

    Suggestions for those who are bedbound/severe?

  • @B3l0v3d05
    @B3l0v3d05 3 місяці тому

    So i was approved for LTD through my previous employer for PTSD , but not MEcfs, so the whole two years vs longer term like mentioned here. You're saying SSDI is likely to only approve me for that as well if i use their attorney group the LTD carrier recommended?

  • @maryr7593
    @maryr7593 5 місяців тому

    Wish this video existed 7 yrs ago when I had to resign my job from the unknown/un-named illness (now known as MCAS).

  • @LjG123
    @LjG123 9 місяців тому