Can someone who has major knee issues qualify for SSI or disability?
Social Security Disability Insurance is available to one whose disability causes them unable to work at any job. Someone with knee issues only does not say they cannot do desk work. To determine total disability, the knee issues have to be proven to interrupt efforts at doing a job at all. Someone I know lost 30% of her knee range of motion but that doesn’t stop her from working a full-time desk job, she works as a 911 operator.Each person has a different set of circumstances determining disability which is why each case it evaluated individually. Sometimes the availability of training to change jobs is offered to get an individual back to work after an injury.I know someone who was disabled for years with severe depression and anxiety and could not function well in public. After a couple of years training the person was earning (today’s rate) $30 an hour in spite of the conditions.I know someone permanently in a wheelchair making a 6 figure income and great benefits in Congress and several working as lawyers and judges.It depends on each individual and to what extent their condition limits them that determines disability.
28/F Help please struggling w/DISABILITY/EDD/SSI?
I have had a neck and lower back disability since 2008. Pain mostly subsided from Oct 08 - May 2010. I have been on unemployment Since Dec 2008 looking for a job and have had no luck :( Long story short... I was getting unemployment, Dr. said I was too disabled to work and had me fill out disability forms. Because I was on unemployment so long I have no "earned Income" for the period in which disability bases on. Therefore Disability DENIED me due to that fact, then because I filed for disability...Unemployment stopped paying checks to me. So I had no income from Disability earnings to qualify, no unemployment check, no income whatsoever I have no Idea what I am supposed to do. I physically cannot look for work Dr. has me out until September, no unemployment and no disability. (***I have a 1yr old daughter so my situation is an emergency.) Couldn't pay rent this month (gave her my last 200 towards it) Does anyone have any suggestions on where I can go for financial help someone suggested SSI but it says you have to be disabled for atleast 12 months or end in death. (which i am only out so far until September) I receive WIC for my daughter but it doesn't help with diapers wipes ect. I am going later this week to apply for food stamps & cash aid at the county office. Anyone know how to qualify for cash aid? In Southern California... PLease help Desperate anything any info might help.
I have a chronic pain, how can I apply for disability?
Get a diagnosis and a stack of medical record history and a lawyer who handles this particular thing. Then you still may have to file a few times before you win. The good news is that no matter how long it takes you will be paid from the day you first applied. So do it now even if you don't have everything together. File an application. I believe they are on line or at your social security office. The rest is tedious but after you win your case you're eligible for Medicare and medicade. One final note : the leading cause of disability cases is MDD major depressive disorder. If you're in a lot of pain you might be depressed as well. Also you may have to have several issues that combine to make you unhireable. Good luck. It's no piece of cake. It's just another way for the gov. to hold you over a barrel.
How do I apply for disability for scoliosis?
This won't help your curve but it may make it possible for you to work until you can get the help you need. You can try to see a pain management doctor. Many pain meds are available, by themselves or in combination with others. Your best approach is to always take your meds as prescirbed, keep a pain log (what taken, when, how much, pain level before and after, and what activity causes you increased pain) if you like, and make a strong effort to communicate with your doctor. When you're given a new med, find out how long its supposed to take before the med does its job. Give your med time to work. If its not working and you've given it an honest chance, talk to your doctor to let him/her know what's going on and that you'd like to either adjust your dosage or else try something else.
Can I be denied disability benefits for refusing to take pain medications?
Would taking pain meds allow you to work? If a strong case can be made for that, then refusing could complicate things for you. From what you've described, I don't think that's at all likely. Disability decisions (in the U.S.) hinge on two things: 1) having a diagnosis, doesn't matter how accurate, they just need a name to hang it on; and 2) ability to work. You have the first, so your concern now is on demonstrating, via the forms etc, your problems with the second. Every time you fill out the forms (refusals and appeals are unfortunately part of the process), write from the point of view of your WORST day. Forget all of the coping strategies you use. And then do something really nice for yourself, because it's bloody demoralizing to look directly into the eyes of what we go through. SS physicians aren't the nicest bunch. But don't worry about that, it's par for the course. As long as you have the rheumy on your side, you'll be fine. (SS docs won't care enough to take the time to discuss much in the way of treatment options. S/he'll just look for signs and ask lots of questions. And remember -- confusion is an excellent reason why you can't work. If you get confused in the doctor's office, use it. :-) Best of luck.
Lower back problems and getting disability benefits?
First off, being a small business owner I don't know how much history you have with any doctors, but you saying that your "back goes out" rang a huge bell with me. I said it and suffered from it for years until I found out what it actually was. And it most definetly sounds to me as if you have ruptured or herniated discs. If you have been seen by a doctor for this then, you may want to try another, because if you get an MRI, I'm sure it will show the cause of your back woes. Answering your question, yes, you most definetly are eligible to SSDI benefits. BUT...there are many, many hoops to jump through to get it. Best case scenerio would be that you have been treated by doctors and have a medical history published that can be submitted. Or have a doctor that will give you a statement saying that you will not be able to work for at least a year. If not you can see doctors, and get diagnosed(which is very time consuming with back issues for some reason) or you can just start the process your self with the IRS and let them lead you through what needs to be done, which will be very time consuming as well, most claims take up to 3 years to be approved. I have a medical history of the same problems that you suffer from and although my application was accepted the first time, I still was rejected and refiled before I was granted my benefits. You can get a look at the application on line, ( I did all of mine on line and on the phone) www.socialsecurity.gov. With the business that you are in, after your application is accepted, DO NOT work, people in your profession are some times watched to make sure that your claims are valid. So, all in all, yes you are eligible, and yes you will eventually recieve the benefits with your type of medical issues, you just have to meet all of the governments needs first. Good Luck, and get some help for that back, you don't have to go through that much pain!!!!
Are most people on SSI actually disabled, or are they faking it?
I struggled to get on SSDI, but when I turned 50, they just gave me the OK. I had gotten to the point where I had hired Binder & Binder to handle my case. I worked 35 out of those 50 years.My father's family lives in Kentucky. (I'm in Chicago.) Most of my relatives couldn't believe I was not getting SSDI when I was much younger, it is on my right side. I can only type with one finger, and I cannot drive as I have spasms as well as no depth perception.I heard of several cases where some men my age had been on disability since they graduated high school, claiming some injury while working on a farm, and then spending their adult years working in construction or even on the same farm.That said, almost everybody on SSDI are disabled. Disabilities are not to be taken lightly. As Shava Nerad wrote, who would really want to live below the poverty line? I certainly can't work for cash in construction, and I can't drive to get to some places I might be able to work at (say a greeter at a Walmart).
Can i get on SSI disability having kidney stones and having chronic kidney pain? i still pass stones.?
It's worth a shot. Go for it! Might as well do it NOW. SSI might not be there when you get OLD!