Disability applications

[Guest guest]

, CMT is in fact one of Social Security disability " bonafide "

disabilities, despite the comment the employee made to you! Once I

downloaded the list of ALL health/diseases regarded as " disabling " by

Social Security. I no longer have the list, but CMT was on there under

the neurological section. The main Social Security site is at

http://www.ssa.gov/odhome maybe if you surf around there somewhere you

will come across the list (it IS extensive!)

Applications for Disability are now taking about 2 years, party due to

the fraud issue, partly due to so many people applying. You do need to

be UNABLE to WORK to receive SSDI (Social Security Disability).

Note to our International Members: Here in the States, if a person can

no longer work because of disability, a federal government program

called Social Security Disability Insurance offers monthly payments to

disabled persons, after a somewhat lenghty paperwork process and

evaluation by Social Security doctors.

Gretchen

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/3/00 10:32:27 AM Pacific Standard Time, liliwigg@...

writes:

<< Applications for Disability are now taking about 2 years, party due to

the fraud issue, partly due to so many people applying. You do need to

be UNABLE to WORK to receive SSDI (Social Security Disability).

>>

Spencers appeal is going on 2 years.

We first applied for him Aug 1998 , still no word yet from the judge.

[Guest guest]

Thank you very much for the info. i'll be sure to

pass it along to my boss.

That two years thing is sort of depressing. I have

till the end of Feb. or the middle of March to come up

with something. If I don't i'll most likely get

canned. sigh.

sigh again. geez. i guess we'll have to wait and see

what happens. i have the ssi appt. on the 10th of

this month. i'll let you know.

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