SSDI & cognitive impairment

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Good morning,

I applied for SSDI due to cognitive impairment and fatigue, and I've

just been denied. I scored poorly on the cognitive testing, but

apparently not poorly enough to satisfy them.

I'm appalled by this. If SSDI is not for a 60 year old woman with

severe side effects due to Gleevec therapy for leukemia, who is it for?

I know that many of you have been approved for SSDI -- and some have

been approved due to these same side effects -- so I'm asking for

help. Any suggestions for my reconsideration phase of the the appeal?

Do any of you know of any data to support cognitive impairment from

gleevec therapy? I'm told SS likes data. I've found data re chemo

brain in general, but nothing specific to gleevec.

Thanks for any help/suggestions.

peace,

Kathy