Question:
Every denial states although severe I can handle simple tasks. I have
hired an attorny which does not do much. Disability lost my request
for reconsideration and once givien proof of signed receipt found it
processed it and two weeks later was denied once again, stating
depresssion not Bipolar disorder.
CAn I get them to correct their review based on Bipolar and not
depression? I opened the case for Bipolar not depression!
Answer:
Reconsideration denial is normal. Time to
lawyer up and go for the appeal. The lawyer won't charge you unless you
win and then he gets paid out of the back pay. You may have a few minor
copy cost to get copies from your doctors the lawyer will need to submit
to SSA for you. My daughter was recently approved just on her bi-polar diagnosis without
even needing a reconsideration. I'm still in shock over that but she
lives on Ohio and that may have something to do with it.
What ever I missed or messed up I'm sure Jack can fill in.
Jack is our resident expert on all things SSDI and most of the rest of
us depend on personal experience. Anyone with PAD or PVD I can
definitely help. Otherwise I do the best I can with my limited
knowledge.
A peson of your age whose impairment does not satisfy Listing severity
faces an uphill battle. The impairment must show that you are unable
to do not only your past work, but any other unskilled work that
exists in significant nos. in the national economy. The bipolar
listing is shown below. To learn what the various terms mean, e.g.,
"marked," "repeated," etc., go to the Listing URL and scroll down to
12.00.
If your impairment falls short of the listing and it's necessary to
show inability to do unskilled work, the evidence must show that you
are unable to meet any one of the demands of unskilled work as listed
in SSR 85-15 below. To that end, it would be very advantageous to
have your MD to provide such an opinion. That won't necessarily
result in allowance in the absence of objective findings, but it will
require the ALJ to refute the opinion.
