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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 651980" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>The substance abuse sometimes sends up red-flags in the minds of the people who do the approvals. I know for many programs, substance abuse of any kind stops you from receiving them...but generally that's if that's the only problem. For instance, if you have liver damage from alcohol abuse and you would get better if you quit drinking, you won't be approved for Medicaid in my state - but if you are to the point that quitting won't matter - if the damage can't be reversed and you are in liver failure for instance - then you will be approved. Often though, it takes a hearing to get it as the medical review team turns down pretty much everyone. (I did Medicaid hearings for a very short time...we had people turned down who actually died before the hearing - they were that sick - but mrt turned them down.) </p><p> </p><p>But, throw out the substance dependency, you still have the leg and Schizoaffective disorder. So maybe you tell him quite flatly, that he isn't going to get assistance on the leg alone (people in wheelchairs can work) and he has to name all the diagnosis in order to qualify? Or...maybe let him think you don't think it's a correct diagnosis either...but if putting it over on the government by claiming it will get him benefits, then he needs to go for it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 651980, member: 17309"] The substance abuse sometimes sends up red-flags in the minds of the people who do the approvals. I know for many programs, substance abuse of any kind stops you from receiving them...but generally that's if that's the only problem. For instance, if you have liver damage from alcohol abuse and you would get better if you quit drinking, you won't be approved for Medicaid in my state - but if you are to the point that quitting won't matter - if the damage can't be reversed and you are in liver failure for instance - then you will be approved. Often though, it takes a hearing to get it as the medical review team turns down pretty much everyone. (I did Medicaid hearings for a very short time...we had people turned down who actually died before the hearing - they were that sick - but mrt turned them down.) But, throw out the substance dependency, you still have the leg and Schizoaffective disorder. So maybe you tell him quite flatly, that he isn't going to get assistance on the leg alone (people in wheelchairs can work) and he has to name all the diagnosis in order to qualify? Or...maybe let him think you don't think it's a correct diagnosis either...but if putting it over on the government by claiming it will get him benefits, then he needs to go for it? [/QUOTE]
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