Re: to Tammy

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Tammy wrote:

> I know you have a lawyer handling your SS claim, but I think you can use

weight loss and fat content in the stool to get SS. On their site, they have

malnourishment as one of the ways they determine your claim. If you weigh

less than the " ideal " weight for your height, and if your fat content is high

enough, i think they rule in your favor.

Tammy,

Thanks, but I already tried that! I met the malabsorption requirements by

having the stool sample that showed a high fat content, and maintained a

weight of 107 or below for over three consecutive months, all documented in

the doctor's records. With height of 5'8 " , this was within the quidelines for

malnourishment.....it didn't seem to make any difference, and that was with

diabetes as a cause and the DKA, also. That was all in my first application

that was turned down.

Of course now, a year later, I've finally brought my weight up past those

limits. And although I know all it will take is one bad attack again, and I'll

be

back down below 110, they don't know that. I don't know why it wasn't

accepted in the first place and I don't think you can use something like that

unless it's current. I will have to make sure that my attorney points out these

old records, though, just so the judge can get the complete history/picture.

Thanks, anyhow for the information. You never know, although I knew this, it

might be something that someone else who's applying didn't know. You can

be sure that I purused all those catagories and causes very carefully, to make

sure I wasn't missing anything.

Even though they have these catagories with reguirements that are

supposedly enough to qualify if you meet the criteria, I've found that what

they do to deny this is by saying the " impairment is not significant enough to

cause disablement " . Or, in the case of my chronic pancreatitis claim, they

keep saying that although I have it, " you are under treatment for it " .....as

though that's makes it all better!

I'd just love to find those reviewer's or judges who ruled for approvals of the

disability claims of all the people I know who just claimed to have chronic

pancreatitis, and nothing else, and were approved at the first go around.

They certainly aren't in South Carolina! It seems to be a problem that is

within this state. My claims go no further than the SC Social Security Office

in

the state capital, and these beauracrats in South Carolina seem to be going

by a whole different set of rules.

With love, hope and prayers,

Heidi

Heidi H. Griffeth

South Carolina

SC & SE Regional Rep.

PAI

Note: All comments or advice are personal opinion only, and should not be

substituted for professional medical consultation.