SSA FINDS MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY AS DISABLING; AWARDS BENEFITS WITHOUT FU

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Sunday, November 04, 2007

SSA FINDS MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY AS DISABLING; AWARDS

BENEFITS WITHOUT FURTHER NEED OF HEARING

For more info go to:

http://linehanpc.blogspot.com/2007/11/ssa-finds-multiple-chemical-

sensitivity.html

This was a complicated case for a young person that I represented.

The claimant had filed for social security disability benefits with

other counsel more than 5 years ago. He claimed he was disabled due

to multiple chemical sensitivity. This a relatively new medical

condition where he could not be around chemical fumes, odors, and

irritants.

Some members of the medical community are hesitant to recognize

multiple chemical sensitivity as a disease. With his first attorney,

the SSA judge denied his claim. The SSA judge simply did not believe

the claim of multiple chemical sensitivity and ruled against the

claimant finding him capable to working.

Upon coming to my office, we appealed the claim to the US federal

Court. There we argued that the SSA judge wrongly favored the

medical reports of the SSA's paid medical doctors over those of the

claimant's own treating doctors. We also argued that SSA judge

wrongly ignored the claimant's multiple chemical sensitivity

disorder and how that disorder kept him from working.

The US federal Court agreed with our arguments and sent the claim

back to the SSA for another hearing.

We then proceeded to wait and prepare for another hearing with the

SSA. However, our wait and preparations proved unnecessary.

After a few months time, the SSA judge, on his own, issued a

decision on the record stating that, no further hearing was

necessary and that the claimant was indeed disabled. The SSA judge

found that upon " careful consideration of the entire record " , the

claimant did not have the ability to work due to fatigue, confusion

and cognitive dysfunction arising out of his underlying disorders.

The SSA found that the claimant's " chemical hypersensitivity " causes

significant limitations in his ability to perform basic work

activities.

Full disability benefits were immediately awarded with no further

need of additional hearings.

The Law Office of R. Linehan P.C.

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You Go KC,

This is Great I hope it works for me homeless just had surgery to remove viral

infection it's very hard on me. wish Florida had judges like this I will call

when I'm feeling better Thank you so much for all the great infomation from all

of you. and to KC and his wife keep up the great job you all are doing we need

people to help us do what we can't in many cases.

too weak to fight.

Elvira

Elvira

tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

Sunday, November 04, 2007

SSA FINDS MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY AS DISABLING; AWARDS

BENEFITS WITHOUT FURTHER NEED OF HEARING

For more info go to:

http://linehanpc.blogspot.com/2007/11/ssa-finds-multiple-chemical-

sensitivity.html

This was a complicated case for a young person that I represented.

The claimant had filed for social security disability benefits with

other counsel more than 5 years ago. He claimed he was disabled due

to multiple chemical sensitivity. This a relatively new medical

condition where he could not be around chemical fumes, odors, and

irritants.

Some members of the medical community are hesitant to recognize

multiple chemical sensitivity as a disease. With his first attorney,

the SSA judge denied his claim. The SSA judge simply did not believe

the claim of multiple chemical sensitivity and ruled against the

claimant finding him capable to working.

Upon coming to my office, we appealed the claim to the US federal

Court. There we argued that the SSA judge wrongly favored the

medical reports of the SSA's paid medical doctors over those of the

claimant's own treating doctors. We also argued that SSA judge

wrongly ignored the claimant's multiple chemical sensitivity

disorder and how that disorder kept him from working.

The US federal Court agreed with our arguments and sent the claim

back to the SSA for another hearing.

We then proceeded to wait and prepare for another hearing with the

SSA. However, our wait and preparations proved unnecessary.

After a few months time, the SSA judge, on his own, issued a

decision on the record stating that, no further hearing was

necessary and that the claimant was indeed disabled. The SSA judge

found that upon " careful consideration of the entire record " , the

claimant did not have the ability to work due to fatigue, confusion

and cognitive dysfunction arising out of his underlying disorders.

The SSA found that the claimant's " chemical hypersensitivity " causes

significant limitations in his ability to perform basic work

activities.

Full disability benefits were immediately awarded with no further

need of additional hearings.

The Law Office of R. Linehan P.C.

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