Disability

I started passing out in 2010. On 9/11/12 i got fired from my job because I could no longer perform. I applied for disability in 3/12. In 4/12 I was on my third ablation and they burnt so much heart material that I am totally dependent on a pacemaker at this point. To make a long story short, after all these surgeries I am in worse shape than I was before the pacemaker. I have lost everything I own and according to social security if you have a pacemaker it will fix all of your problems, ( wrong ). I have been before a judge and was still denied. I know two people that claim they have back problems that have disability, and one works on a farm full time and draws disability. The point I am trying to make here is disability people think if you have a pacemaker all your problems have been corrected. You stand a better chance of getting disability off of a mental disorder, a back injury, etc than a cardiac claim. All the attorneys I have spoken with (even the one I hired) say that if you are under 50 and are disabled because of cardiac problems you have to have one foot in the grave to get approved.

2 Comments

Billy..................

by Tattoo Man - 2014-03-30 01:03:24


..........................I have read your Profile and really feel for you. What I see, as you have described your self, ' a regular country boy '' the age of my youngest kid. Any person needs a reason to feel proud of himself,..his Family and his Nation ...

My guess is that you have never let yourself down and neither has your Family..so..who has let you down..?

Yup..dead right..

Others on this Forum will be better informed to offer help and advice in whatever form,..and I hope that they do..

I can only stand next to you , as a guy that works with his hands doing regular stuff, making little changes to make the lives in my community and Family just that little bit better.

I bet that none of your attorneys ever got real with you and told you that the legal term for your situation is known to many of us here as , and I do not apologise,..." A Crock Of S***"

PM Club is all things to all people...members help eachother however they can...Billy if you want to shout from the Rooftops of Pacemaker Club,..then I for one will be up there shouting with you too.

Tattoo Man UK

approval for SSDI

by divergent1 - 2014-03-30 09:03:22

it is a lifesaver to have some income coming in. Who gets approved and who doesn't sometimes seems like a crap shoot and in a way it is. In my case, the upside to having a brain tumor in the past that resulted in many hospitalizations was a medical paper trail. That combined with finding an attorney who worked pro bono got me the disability after 2 previous denials. A relative with very unstable diabetes that eventually killed him, went to 3 hearings and was awarded 30K back payment for when he first sought and did not receive disability. Persistence, getting an attorney to represent you, and continuing to pound on that door. A friend that worked at SSA told me they routinely deny everyone initially. She shared keep going back, making the case... The ideal situation would be to recover enough to do a little part time work while keeping disability because it is tough living on that miniscule income

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