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PoindexterOglethorpe

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18. You shouldn't be too surprised that they want more information
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 11:12 PM
Mar 2022

from the doctors. Disability is not easy to get, and people haven't a clue how fully documented the disability needs to be. I used to work for an attorney who did Social Security Disability appeals. There's a myth out there that they always turn a person down the first time they apply. No, it's that people don't submit the many papers and forms and every bit of medical information that supports the disability.

The main thing I did for this attorney was to go to local Social Security offices and photocopy her clients' records. They were hundreds and hundreds of pages.

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are you sure that wasn't a phishing scam Skittles Mar 2022 #1
Hi Skittles XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #2
you mentiioned a lawyer Skittles Mar 2022 #10
Thanks I TOTALLY agree nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #11
Can you screen shot & email to attorney? SheltieLover Mar 2022 #3
I saved and emailed it, yes XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #4
Breathe SheltieLover Mar 2022 #5
Right. I am doing so nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #8
Is it helping? SheltieLover Mar 2022 #12
Yes, and I'm watching The Apartment on TCM XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #13
I can only imagine SheltieLover Mar 2022 #14
I've never seen this classic XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #15
Good! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #16
I know I don't have to tell you this, but remember you can go to a library to print stuff. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #6
Thanks, I will XanaDUer2 Mar 2022 #7
There are several in my county. Do you have another you can use? BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #9
Disability is hard on purpose. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Mar 2022 #17
You shouldn't be too surprised that they want more information PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2022 #18
When I got on disability many years ago I remember them calling me and trying to Maraya1969 May 2022 #19
Thank you XanaDUer2 May 2022 #20
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