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Disability

moriah

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6. SSDI, not SSI.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #5)

Sun Nov 24, 2013, 12:20 AM

Nov 2013

I worked enough to potentially get a $1700 check, but I'm in my 30s. So the RFC test is harder, the grids put me in a place where it's hard to get a vocational evaluation for RFC.

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Got first denial letter, onto recon. [View all] moriah Nov 2013 OP

From what I've heard, they always deny NV Whino Nov 2013 #1

This, I had to go before an ALJ before I was approved. Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #11

Absolutely proceed through Recon. wellstone dem Nov 2013 #2

I retained a lawyer that helped a friend get approved in 7 months. moriah Nov 2013 #7

My doctor told my husband Control-Z Nov 2013 #3

keep going, get a lawyer DonCoquixote Nov 2013 #4

Are you talking about Soc. Sec. disability or SSI? dixiegrrrrl Nov 2013 #5

SSDI, not SSI. moriah Nov 2013 #6

Harder to get when younger. Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #12

No Recon in RSDI cases (correct name for SSDI) happyslug Nov 2013 #8

Huh. Well, they said I could ask for reconsideration in my letter. moriah Nov 2013 #9

It will be treated as a request for a hearing happyslug Nov 2013 #10