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SSDI has had my doctors reports re: myasthenia gravis for two of the last four denials I have received.
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You do have all the credits, etc. needed for SSDI don't you? Otherwise you should be going for SSI and I don't know, with all the times you have moved, if a particular state and residency requirements would be met?
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I do have the necessary credits as well as meeting the residency requirements.
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Why exactly did they turn you down; what criteria did they say you didn't meet?
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The turned me down because, a non-medical examiner determined that my disabilities did not prevent me from working. Non-medical examiner = a bureaucrat with no medical training.
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It might indeed be hard if you have been hiding your illnesses and don't have a paper record of seeking help, not being able to work over time, etc.
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I have hid my psychiatric issues - not my physical ones. My physical ones began four years ago now and I had extensive documentation from a host of doctors, including my primary care physician, my neurologist, and my respiratory specialist.
While I did hide my psychiatric issues prior to recently, in a sense it has been documented by my work history: i.e. I have never held a job for a year since I began working 35 years ago which is consistent with psychiatric determinations and diagnosis's that I have recently received.