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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 547504" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>{{{{{{{{{{{Big hugs}}}}}}}}}} Lisa. That's what we're here for. We're the best sounding board that I know. I've watched a lot of folks apply for SSI, and initially be turned down, regardless of how many doctors they have. My advice is <em>always</em> apply and describe your <u>worst day</u>. An employer expects you to be up to snuff <em>every</em> day and will let you go because of just one or two of your <em>worst days</em>. </p><p></p><p><strong>This is very important: </strong>Apply for as far back as you have been off work and were disabled. We had a guy work for us who had congestive heart failure, diabetes, asthma, hypertension, etc., and he physically could not perform the work. We had to let him go, and we gave him a letter of dismissal saying that it was because he could not perform the work anymore. He then tried to find employment for over a year. But in 2009, who was going to hire a 55 year old 400 pound man who wheezes? He finally bit the bullet and applied for disability. He was accepted right away, and got back disability to the day we let him go. His first check was over $14,000.</p><p></p><p>If you apply and are denied, make an appointment with a Social Security attorney tomorrow. Don't hire the one that advertises on TV, ask your state bar to refer you to someone or ask a friend. You'll get your SSI very soon after that and by law the attorney is only allowed to take 33% of your first check. So, if your first check is one month's worth of disability, they get 33% of that. If you wait and your first check is a year's worth of disability, they get 33% of that.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and don't feel badly about this. This comes to all of us at some point in our lives. It doesn't mean it's the end of anything, just that it's a beginning for something new. When you have your disability settled, you will feel a great weight lifted off of your shoulders.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 547504, member: 99"] {{{{{{{{{{{Big hugs}}}}}}}}}} Lisa. That's what we're here for. We're the best sounding board that I know. I've watched a lot of folks apply for SSI, and initially be turned down, regardless of how many doctors they have. My advice is [I]always[/I] apply and describe your [U]worst day[/U]. An employer expects you to be up to snuff [I]every[/I] day and will let you go because of just one or two of your [I]worst days[/I]. [B]This is very important: [/B]Apply for as far back as you have been off work and were disabled. We had a guy work for us who had congestive heart failure, diabetes, asthma, hypertension, etc., and he physically could not perform the work. We had to let him go, and we gave him a letter of dismissal saying that it was because he could not perform the work anymore. He then tried to find employment for over a year. But in 2009, who was going to hire a 55 year old 400 pound man who wheezes? He finally bit the bullet and applied for disability. He was accepted right away, and got back disability to the day we let him go. His first check was over $14,000. If you apply and are denied, make an appointment with a Social Security attorney tomorrow. Don't hire the one that advertises on TV, ask your state bar to refer you to someone or ask a friend. You'll get your SSI very soon after that and by law the attorney is only allowed to take 33% of your first check. So, if your first check is one month's worth of disability, they get 33% of that. If you wait and your first check is a year's worth of disability, they get 33% of that. Good luck and don't feel badly about this. This comes to all of us at some point in our lives. It doesn't mean it's the end of anything, just that it's a beginning for something new. When you have your disability settled, you will feel a great weight lifted off of your shoulders. [/QUOTE]
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