My history applying for SSDI and SSI

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6. I'm scared now

I just read on this disability website that starting in 2017 they were not going to give "special weight" to your own doctor's opinion. They were also going to give weight to the counselor who spent 30 minutes interviewing you. One of their counselors who is already against you. Great, huh?

I know about those kind of judges, too. Mine, of course, was the one with the smallest percentage of approved cases.

I didn't know you could ask for a different case worker. I don't remember seeing it on the form... they just told me who my appointment was with, the date, and the time. Maybe I should have called. I did give her a bad review, though, when Social Security asked me about my experience.