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		<title>Chronic Pain Forum: Fighting SSD for 8+years - DailyStrength</title>
		<description>Please bear with me... this is a long message but I severely need some advice &amp;amp; I have posted in a group for vertigo as well...:

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			<title>Comment by serenityha</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[a. you need to get all your medical records and report if you atty hasn't already done so. you should still have a copy for yourself. 
  
 b. there are many attys who specialize in SSD. if yours doesn't, find one. 
  
 c. <a href="http://SSA.gov" title="http://SSA.gov" target="_blank">SSA.gov</a> is a good site to check into things, but conditions have to be documented ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:32:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by njsandym</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[You definitely need to get a good SSD attorney. And you should print out what you have just written. It's a good, chronological listing of all of your health problems. A good lawyer will add that to your case file. Mine did and it helped me get SSD after 3 years of trying. It sounds like a good case...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:41:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by brokenyolk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[8 years? 
  
  
 i'm 1 yr deep, don't say, 8. 
  
 first reaction... reply will be loner.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:52:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by brokenyolk</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Chronic_Pain/forum/14094618-fighting-ssd-8years/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[8 years? 
  
  
 i'm 1 yr deep, don't say, 8. 
  
 first reaction... reply will be loner.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:53:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by brokenyolk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[8 years? 
  
  
 i'm 1 yr deep, don't say, 8. 
  
 first reaction... reply will be loner.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:54:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tendonshurt</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Your the 1st person on DS that's been diagnosed with Enthesopathy in your hip. Did they tell you that it will spread to every joint and everywhere there is tendons? I have it and I got approved at SSDI hearing after 1 denial and then appeal. You have the wrong attorney. Good luck. Sending prayers yo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:34:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tendonshurt</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Your the 1st person on DS that's been diagnosed with Enthesopathy in your hip. Did they tell you that it will spread to every joint and everywhere there is tendons? I have it and I got approved at SSDI hearing after 1 denial and then appeal. You have the wrong attorney. Good luck. Sending prayers yo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:35:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tendonshurt</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Your the 1st person on DS that's been diagnosed with Enthesopathy in your hip. Did they tell you that it will spread to every joint and everywhere there is tendons? I have it and I got approved at SSDI hearing after 1 denial and then appeal. You have the wrong attorney. Good luck. Sending prayers yo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 02:36:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by patrickbateman</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Whoa whoa whoa....I am really confused!!! So what you're saying is, you HAVE been diagnosed with Vertigo, Anxiety/Panic Disorder, DJD and Fibro and you've been waiting 9 years? I dont understand. These are all diagnosed documented diseases that your Doctor has acknowledged as well as been givng you ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:04:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[All these things you ask if I have had checked, were checked... and I have been a lab rat for going on 9 years... 
  
 Lawyers don't want to take my SSD case because of the dramatic change in my health & medical records... If I don't find an attorney by April 13th I would be stuck representing myself ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:27:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by tjhof</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I agree with PatrickBateman's response--you have several diagnoses that are recognised SSD diagnoses. And I see absolutely no reason why an SS lawyer won't take your case, the jackasses!  
  
 From my experience with my hearing before the judge, I can say that this judge liked concise answers and expl...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:57:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by patrickbateman</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Wow. I thought my battle was rough. I went through the same thing but had no problem with the diagnosis' affecting the outcome because although in general they want to put ONE thing...to me it sounds like it really shouldnt matter because you obviously cant work. I <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> you dont mind if I ask you so...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:44:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by keeska</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One problem is that the statements you make on your app must match your doc's records.  If your doc will attest to your symptoms, it usually goes easier for you, but that's not written in stone. 
  
 How long have you been paying SSDI "premiums"? That has an affect on your case, as well as your age, w...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:22:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by patrickbateman</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Go to Binder and Binder right away. There' s a limit on what they can take if you win the first time. Since this would be new evidence I dont know if they would call it that and lawyers can take more on appeal. If you have any <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Xanax" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Xanax')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Xanax">xanax</a> or benzos maybe take a half more and just try and calm down. Get th...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:26:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by serenityha</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[point one, tj and patrick are right. go to someone who specializes in SSD. you can't have long, rambling answers - not attacking you, but this is the way they think. it has to fit on a form. problem, affects you, why you can't work.... 
  
 point 2, be careful about taping people without permission. 
 ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:24:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[So... I have now talked to 14 lawyers within 200 miles of my home that claim they are "Social Security Specialists"... I keep getting told three things: 
  
 1. You were denied your review for SSD. The only thing you can do is to file against SS in district court. We don't take SS cases to district co...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:09:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[patrick... I meant to answer you... I am going to be 32 and I was diagnosed at 22 with many of these diagnoses... except the vertigo is a mystery. My doctor gave it a name just for the sake of my case, but the truth is that I have had severe vertigo for 17 years this June... it comes & goes, varies ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 09:22:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by honor435</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[i seems they give people with mh issues ssi a lot, maybe have the klawyer focus on those issues versus the cp and vertigo?]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 11:18:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by amerika</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[hey,my boyfriends a paralegal..when he gets home ill have him read all this and send you a private message about his view if youy would like,,, 
  
 dont lose <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a>!!!]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:05:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[@ honor... I'd be lying if I said that thought didn't cross my mind... lol 
  
 and @ amarika, thank you :o) it would be good to hear an opinion from a paralegal that is "outside the situation" I appreciate it]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 15:38:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by patrickbateman</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Chronic_Pain/forum/14094618-fighting-ssd-8years/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[is you lawyer a national or local firm because large firms wont turn you down...if for some reason, you cannot find a lawyer, there has to be someplace you can go for help. Like there;s a community firm here. At the very least they can file the papers for you (you can do it online but its best to go...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 20:31:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by patrickbateman</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Ok well the first thing is they cannot deny YOU SSDI becuse of what your husband makes. Social security is what you've made as an individual over your lifetime. They cannot turn you down because they arent getting paid a lot of money. 
  
 Are you <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Talking')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Talking">talking</a> about state disability because that would all ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 20:39:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by brokenyolk</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ok...  one idea, most states have free or pro-bono legal assistants and other "helpers" that you can get to help with all of your filings with ssd.  calling your state or local ssd office will lead you to one of these.  perhaps, you do need to start over, but that may actually be your quickest optio...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:48:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ok, so... yesterday I had an appointment with the SS office. I had called them and told them that I needed help filling out paperwork because I was too dizzy to write legibly and it was taking me too long to read... 
  
 I get there and I pull the paperwork out (it is paperwork for work history, medic...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 09:31:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I will let you know what the lawyer says about the paperwork I sent him... mainly about being misrepresented at my last administrative hearing in October of 2010... the SSD specialist that was representing me in court, when I got all the minutes & evidence from the hearing back... she had not submit...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 09:40:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
			<link>http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Chronic_Pain/forum/14094618-fighting-ssd-8years/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[REGARDING my letter to Amy Klobechar (Our State Senator): Her office contacted me very quickly, might I say. 
  
 Amy Klobechar is <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Writing" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Writing')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Writing">writing</a> a letter on my behalf to the office of Adjudication and Review on my half, stating that "She is interested in my case, and, requesting that they make sure they are...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:29:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by SGTRJ</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I love the "you have to have a diagnosis" philosophy.  It presupposes that medical <a href="http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Research" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Research')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Knowledge">knowledge</a> is advanced enough to have an answer for everything, and that's just not correct. 
  
 When I first filed for VA disability, I didn't have an official diagnosis for my back/hip, which was my primary complaint ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 19:33:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[so... Clair, at Amy Klobechar's office, gave me the number for the: 
  
 Disability Linkage Line  
 @ 1-866-333-2466 
  
 Disability Linkage Line gave me the number for: 
  
 *MN Disability Law Center/Legal Aid of Minneapolis 
 @ 1-800-292-4150, 
 *Disability Specialists (The same ones who dropped me last ti...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:08:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[SGTRJ ~ Thank you for your support hon & I totally agree with you... thank you to all who are brainstorming with me]]></description>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:11:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I still can't find a lawyer or rep that is willing to take my case because there is not enough back pay involved to, as they say, "make it worth their while". This is so wrong! 
  
 soooo... 
  
 I sent an extremely detailed letter to Minnesota Senator Amy Klobechar in regards to my Social Security case...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:33:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by dezyre1980</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[lol... just realized I made that last post twice]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:35:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by GenuineMystery</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Let me give you a different, probably better answer: 
 Find the underlying condition, which will need a doctor's verification. 
  
 If, just an educated guess, it's Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, you should be approved for disability without too much difficulty.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 23:47:08 +0100</pubDate>
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