Social Security Disability Secrets
Disability Secrets was started in 2003 to provide information about social security disability and SSI disability. I am a former disability examiner for social security's DDS, or disability determination services. http://www.disabilitysecrets.com
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Social Security Disability Secrets

 
Social Security Disability Secrets
If someone is an ableist, they generally show signs that being disabled is not ‘normal’ and the way things ‘should be’. They f...
Social Security Disability Secrets
Common symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis can include fever, weight loss, joint swelling and pain, low energy and weakness, and inflamed, tender, swollen hands. Most people with RA also experience pain, tenderness or stiffness in the morning upon waking...
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Social Security Disability Secrets Breast cancer changes with spread

Source: news.bbc.co.uk
They analysed 211 tumours which had spread to the lymph nodes in the armpit - the place where breast cancer tends to migrate first.
Social Security Disability Secrets
Social Security Disability Secrets
I actually have a friend who just had surgery to remove some small sections. Thankfully, no near or distant metastasis, knock on wood.
November 4 at 9:49am
Christina Lucero-macafee
Christina Lucero-macafee
too late for my mom, but i hope this research will help other women...
November 4 at 9:54am
Social Security Disability Secrets
Social Security Disability Secrets
Sorry to hear about that.
November 4 at 11:28am
Social Security Disability Secrets
The second type of denial is a medical denial. Medical denial decisions are made by disability examiners at the state disability agency and are based upon an individual’s medical impairment, residual functional capacity, work history, age, and education. ...
Diane Gurney
Diane Gurney
Well what if there's a language barrier that you can't understand the Dr their sending you to?
Fri at 8:16am
JoAnn Piper McFarland
JoAnn Piper McFarland
The doctors that I was sent to didn't even check me for the disability! They asked me a bunch of stupid questions and had me repeating phrases....as if they were checking my "head" and not my fibromyalgia. I've been turned down twice already.
Yesterday at 5:07am
Social Security Disability Secrets
Of course, if you are scheduled for a consultative physical examination and...You'd like your own doctor to conduct your consultative physical examination -- then it wouldn't be a bad idea to A) ask your doctor if he/she would be willing to perform the exam and B) notify the disability examiner who...
Social Security Disability Secrets
I've never cared for the idea of social security disability hearings done by video.Why do I dislike even the idea of a hearing conducted in this fashion...
Social Security Disability Secrets
When it comes to imaging studies, x-rays are the end of the line. Social Security never pays for MRIs or more advanced imaging techniques for their decisions. Note: if an individual wants to be approved for Social Security disability it's typically best to be under the care of a treating physician...
Pamela Bales
Pamela Bales
these are a joke the information is out of date the last time i responded to one they took it down because the information was false.
November 1 at 7:27am
Phyllis Lawrence
Phyllis Lawrence
I tried to get on disability or SSI ,but was denied now i have to take a civil action suit against them, I do not have the money for a lawyer ,I have two rods two plates,and six screws in my lower back even my doctor disabled me I have had two iower back surgeries first was June2, 1993, at Charity Hospital in New Orleans,La The other surgery was
in Hattiesburg,Ms at Forrest General. I have on my medical
records from Dr.Michael Goodman that i need neck sugery.
But, i can not. because, Ido not have a job, not that i have not tried to get a job but everywhere i have put in my applacations.they will not hire me because of my back they say if we hire you and you get hurt or you hurt your back
worst than it is now, sorry but we can not hire you because... Read More
you are too big of a risk, I am not complaining because that will not help matters any , I can just pray about it, and tell my
story!
November 2 at 12:32am
Social Security Disability Secrets
Contrary to what many mistakenly believe, Social Security disability benefits do not replace an individual’s total income, and most individuals who receive disability benefits suffer some financial hardship. ...
Social Security Disability Secrets
There is no fee for representation that may be payable to a disability attorney or to a disability representative unless the case is won (bear in mind, however, when you sign your fee contract with your representative that there are usually expenses that the representative must be reimbursed for...
Social Security Disability Secrets

Social Security Disability Secrets Brisk Walk Can Help Leave Common Cold Behind

Source: www.ajc.com
A stuffy head is no reason to avoid mild exercise, expert says
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Social Security Disability Secrets The declines in fitness that accompany growing old typically speed up after the age of 45, new research shows

Source: www.ajc.com
But healthy habits can stave off the inevitable declines, research finds
Social Security Disability Secrets

Social Security Disability Secrets Older diabetics improve artery health with aerobic exercise

Source: www.emaxhealth.com
Results of a new study show that old diabetics can improve elasticity of the arteries with aerobic exercise.
Social Security Disability Secrets
Social Security evaluates cerebral palsy under the 11:00 Neurological Impairments, under subsection 11.07 Cerebral Palsy. However, the listing which is contained in the blue book used by disability examiners is not the only route to an approval...
Social Security Disability Secrets
The Social Security disability handbook "Disability Evaluation Under Social Security" (the blue book) addresses cancer under impairment listing 13.00 Neoplastic Diseases. The rest at: http://disabilityblogger.blogspot.com/2009/10/social-security-disability-benefits-for.html