Comments on: What if your doctor does not want to help your Social Security disability case? http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/12/what-if-your-doctor-does-not-want-to-help/ Published by the Stasiuk Firm PC Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TomaszStasiuk http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/12/what-if-your-doctor-does-not-want-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-2557 TomaszStasiuk Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=714#comment-2557 Thanks for the suggestion! Thanks for the suggestion!

]]> By: N J http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/2008/12/what-if-your-doctor-does-not-want-to-help/comment-page-1/#comment-2554 N J Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:57:00 +0000 http://www.socialsecurityinsider.com/?p=714#comment-2554 In reviewing my medical records, I found that I had asked my doctor while I was out on medical leave from work about whether I could/should apply for disability. She wasn't informative or cooperative. I forgot/gave up and didn't seriously consider applying until a few years later...after I had been without income for years, became homeless, my condition had seriously worsened, and I was on state disability/welfare. I have found that doctors in the suburbs, who treat mainly middle-class folks, don't know and don't WANT to know about state disability or SSDI. Go to a downtown clinic that serves poor and homeless--those doctors routinely do all kinds of benefits paperwork and aren't so reluctant to give an opinion about your level of disability. In reviewing my medical records, I found that I had asked my doctor while I was out on medical leave from work about whether I could/should apply for disability. She wasn’t informative or cooperative. I forgot/gave up and didn’t seriously consider applying until a few years later…after I had been without income for years, became homeless, my condition had seriously worsened, and I was on state disability/welfare.

I have found that doctors in the suburbs, who treat mainly middle-class folks, don’t know and don’t WANT to know about state disability or SSDI. Go to a downtown clinic that serves poor and homeless–those doctors routinely do all kinds of benefits paperwork and aren’t so reluctant to give an opinion about your level of disability.

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