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Old 01-21-2011, 05:49 PM
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That is great news!! I had to fight them for 4 years and apply 3 times to finally get approved for disability. All because I am "too young". grrr!! So glad things are looking up for you and your family.
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Old 01-21-2011, 07:06 PM
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Glad DH's finally came thru...I retired at 40 from a strep germ that destroyed the veins in my legs...I was off only 10 months when I was accepted ...I can't imagine the horrors of waiting 4 yrs...Thank God he has been accepted finally.
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Congradulations.
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Old 01-21-2011, 07:10 PM
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I'm glad you got it! Hope everything will be alright now.
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Old 01-21-2011, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by marknfran
Originally Posted by crashnquilt
Congrats! It took me 2 years for my disability. My lawsuit is still "pending" after 4 friggin years! The courts awarded a very nice settlement, BUT, what they don't tell you is the company has right of appeal. Once the appeals run out, the company can ask for ANOTHER hearing which, you guessed it, gives the company MORE appeals! No wonder the court system is so choked up!

Gee, when I was injured I didn't get to appeal my injuries! I didn't get to appeal all of the surgeries! I didn't to appeal my termination! So, why does the company get to appeal their responsibility?
My husband went through the same problems. When the lawsuit was settled (Arizona), social security then took away part of his benefits each month until the money he received from Arizona lawsuit was paid back to social security. This happened in 1981. Not knowing what the current laws are, back then Reagan passed a law that any lawsuit compensation arriving from injury must be deducted from any social security payments. To me, it was wrong! Hope this does not happen to you. Nobody, even the lawyers, told us until we got the letter from social security about 3 months later.
marknfran you are so right about what SS. does. They do
do this and they also do that if a spouse is still working
and they make over what SS. thinks is allowed, they will
take it out of your SS payment until it is payed back also.
Witch means the spouse can't afford to work period.. :(
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Old 01-21-2011, 08:07 PM
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Back in 1986 we had a child born with a majority of his small intestines dead and had to have over 1/2 them removed and he ended up with a condition called Short Gut Syndrome. By the time he was 1 year old, he had ended up having 8 surgeries. He was confined to NICU for his first 4 months of his life, he came home connected to his TPN machine. He was on TPN (Total parenteral nutrition)for the first 10 months of his life. The doctors at the time told us he may never get off TPN and be able to eat foods. Only time would tell. So they had us sign him up for SSD..and he was denied...because he was gaining weight. They said stop the TPN and he would get it. He would have died had we done that, as he was eating predigested formula mixed at 1/4 strength. Then it was only 1 oz every 3 hours. Everyone knows a 6 month old eats more than that in a day. We were young and just gave up.
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Old 01-22-2011, 04:37 AM
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I understand. They all want us to "give up". Don't you think? It sucks having to beg for insurance coverage. Is your son OK now??
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Old 01-22-2011, 04:42 AM
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So Many things to go through in life. You never know what to expect next. So much happens after your children are raised....NOt Fair !!!
Yup!!! One day at a time!!! My husband was only retired a year or two when he discovered the lung cancer. We had planned to do some traveling after I stopped working. But that all changed in a big hurry. After lung surgery he couldn't hike or take long walks because of shortness of breath etc. Then it attacked his esophagus, so he couldn't swallow, no dinners out. You just have to go along as best you can, and make lemonade out of those lemons dropped at your door.
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So Many things to go through in life. You never know what to expect next. So much happens after your children are raised....NOt Fair !!!
Yup!!! One day at a time!!! My husband was only retired a year or two when he discovered the lung cancer. We had planned to do some traveling after I stopped working. But that all changed in a big hurry. After lung surgery he couldn't hike or take long walks because of shortness of breath etc. Then it attacked his esophagus, so he couldn't swallow, no dinners out. You just have to go along as best you can, and make lemonade out of those lemons dropped at your door.
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Glad it finally worked out for you Diane C.
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