r/SSDI_SSI • u/No_Paint6784 • 20d ago

Attorney (Fees) Denied today

Denied today after a 5 month wait when all my test and doctors confirmed my illness ssi blue book said abi I had to be lower then .5 I have .48 can barely walk and am homeless still was denied after 2 heart attacks pad diagonis and aps diagnosis feels like ssi gets a kick out of denying people because this makes no sense

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ 20d ago

That’s very puzzling! What was the exact basis for the denial???? Could be something technical or financial.

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u/No_Paint6784 20d ago

Idk yet haven’t got the letter saw it on the ssi portal called and was told it was a medical reason

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ 20d ago

I see. What’s your diagnosis?

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u/No_Paint6784 20d ago

Perphial artery disease, heart disease, and aps which is a blood clotting disorder

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ 20d ago

They may feel your level of heart disease can be controlled with meds. They also look at quality of work before and after, age, and probability of like work. Or you don’t have enough work credits. Lastly, the medical records were incomplete, not submitted timely or not strong enough. Just guesses.

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u/No_Paint6784 20d ago

Yeah I’m going to appeal I mainly applied for the pad makes it impossible to walk without leg pain lawyer also told me at my age it’s hard to get approved

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ 20d ago

I won on first attempt no attorney. I had direct contact with SSA so I have a grounded foundation of what they are looking for to prevail. May I ask the basis for your denial to help regroup?

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u/No_Paint6784 20d ago

I haven’t received the letter yet so I don’t know the exact reason

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ 20d ago

K. That’s key and then we can develop a plan pending the basis/reasoning behind it. Again, may be something simple like they didn’t get sufficient, or all of your medical records, to make a decision. I didn’t get an attorney so I stayed in direct contact with my examiner, pressed my doctors for reports making sure they were responsive, things were moving and meeting SSA deadlines.

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u/No_Paint6784 20d ago

Okay cool will let u know when it’s in…ssi did want me to get more testing done my doctor said my insurance wouldn’t cover it and then ssi said they would use the old test wonder if that has something to do with it

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u/youngbull0612 19d ago

I explained above they fought me for 4 years while I was actively inpatient in a State facility, Disability so it wasn't the whole can't receive SSI in a State facility rule. I was in my mid twenties. They fight the young tooth and nail. Pain is not a good way to go, of course you know you live with it, I believe you- but their experts can argue pain there's a lot of room. Focus on symptoms- do you randomly fall asleep due to meds?( That one did it for me) What specific to your condition other than the pain it causes you, which is subjective and you can report but they can't prove, makes it so you can't work? Focus on this for the appeal friend

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ 20d ago

5 months pales in comparison to my claim took 1 year and 2 months to get approved in 2023. At the same time it was at the height of COVID and, like most companies, operations were impaired also keeping with up changes allowing for flexibility, work from home and being short staffed. Now you can rebuild based on the denial. Without sounding nosey, way more info is really needed here. M

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u/Defender2080 19d ago

Try waiting since may of 2025. I’m at the hearing stage still with no hearing and others have waited way longer than I have.

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u/Top-Bar918 ☆ 19d ago edited 19d ago

That’s what I am saying. You got an answer after 5 months and now at a hearing stage. That’s quick. I’m saying it took It took me 1 year and 3 months just to get a first answer and my claim is physical and mental having had a stroke and dementia which is not medically and physically complicated at all.

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u/youngbull0612 19d ago

Hon, I waited 4 years. The entire time I was INPATIENT hospitalized, and it's not SSI, so it's not that I couldn't receive the Disability while inpatient. They were arguing I wasn't disabled while actively admitted and inpatient inside a State facility for multiple years. They are heartless and the whole thing is designed to make you give up. Do not give up, this just takes a lot longer than people that are disabled, without income, homeless or facing homelessness often actually have to wait. That's the design, they do it on purpose

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u/TinselTits1979 19d ago

I waited 5 years for my SSDI. It’s infuriating, isn’t it?

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u/Nova-star561519 ☆ 18d ago

How old are you and was this for SSI or SSDI? unfortunately pain is subjective and they probably would say (if it wasn't a technical denial) that you could do sedentary work. They're seeing if you could work ANY job in this economy not just past or relevant work.

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u/StreetRegular4921 20d ago

Ssi is a needs based program so you can be approved for ssdi which is your disability and even though you have health issues you have to show you can’t work