got my disability
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:53 am
Everyone,
For those who followed me a few years back, and some of you gave some excellent advice to me, I finally got my disability. Only it wasn't just for RLS, altho it was on the list of stuff wrong. My primary illness is major depression, which comes from my back problems, which I think my RLS comes from it too, perhaps. Anyhow, my first claim was filed back in 2004, put RLS up as main illness, gave up on appeal, went back to work, only lasted a few months, lost my house, and it took me a couple summers to get over the whole thing. So, I applied brand new again a year ago. This time I put my mental illness as main complaint, adding RLS further down. Rejected once again, but on appeal, somehow I managed to show them of the seriousness of my situation a little better, and a visit to an SSA psychiatrist sealed it for me.
I'm grateful, but oh how I wish I had gotten it before we lost the house a couple years ago. Sigh. But I guess I wasn't "sick" enough. Well, I'm most definitely sick enough now. I had figured if they denied me this time, I was going to get a lawyer and sue them all the way back to 2004 and for losing my house and the whole nine yards. But I'll get funds going back a year, which suits me fine, we need it so much.
Just putting it in here, in case anyone had kept up with the other lady's efforts a couple years ago to get disability. She actually got hers for RLS, with mental illness down on the list, if I remember correctly. That was quite an achievement for our sort, for her to do that. I got mine for depression, altho several other ailments and RLS were in the list below it.
GG
For those who followed me a few years back, and some of you gave some excellent advice to me, I finally got my disability. Only it wasn't just for RLS, altho it was on the list of stuff wrong. My primary illness is major depression, which comes from my back problems, which I think my RLS comes from it too, perhaps. Anyhow, my first claim was filed back in 2004, put RLS up as main illness, gave up on appeal, went back to work, only lasted a few months, lost my house, and it took me a couple summers to get over the whole thing. So, I applied brand new again a year ago. This time I put my mental illness as main complaint, adding RLS further down. Rejected once again, but on appeal, somehow I managed to show them of the seriousness of my situation a little better, and a visit to an SSA psychiatrist sealed it for me.
I'm grateful, but oh how I wish I had gotten it before we lost the house a couple years ago. Sigh. But I guess I wasn't "sick" enough. Well, I'm most definitely sick enough now. I had figured if they denied me this time, I was going to get a lawyer and sue them all the way back to 2004 and for losing my house and the whole nine yards. But I'll get funds going back a year, which suits me fine, we need it so much.
Just putting it in here, in case anyone had kept up with the other lady's efforts a couple years ago to get disability. She actually got hers for RLS, with mental illness down on the list, if I remember correctly. That was quite an achievement for our sort, for her to do that. I got mine for depression, altho several other ailments and RLS were in the list below it.
GG