Reply #109: Feeling your ordeal and praying that all comes out to your advantage [View All]

[Rozlee]

Five years ago, I went in front of a judge under SSI for neurological problems secondary to neuro-Behcet's disease, a souvenir from the Gulf War. Even though I had already been given VA disability and was suffering from seizures, memory problems, and mini-stokes, SSI turned me down three times until I got a lawyer. The medical specialist arguing for me was a --- get this --- pediatric psychologist! What did one of them know about an exotic disease foreign to the U.S. that is caused by inflammation of the blood vessels throughout the body? So, he did what psychologists do. He told them I was depressed and my illness had a history of causing neurological pychotic episodes! My SSI got approved, not due to my actual illness, but due to "depression!" Actually, a social worker told told me that mental health diagnosis are approved more readily that even blindness, severe cardiac, and severe stroke cases are. So, here's hoping and praying that you win! You need to have a bit of luck for a change and your DU family is here for you.


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