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Old May 05, 2018, 02:32 PM
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I did DVR here in another state. I was working at the time but not easily and not very successfully. They provided some evaluations and recommendations for modifications that my employer declined. I changed employers and they provided some support that again the employer declined. At that point they brought me in and suggested I go on SSDI.

I was not ready for SSDI. Nobody who treated me thought so and I did not either. I could work, it was just hard. I pushed through I think 4 years more and then went on SSDI.

I was approved very rapidly and I'm pretty sure my failures with DVR and having the record saying I couldn't work reasonably from them helped a lot. Hopefully you'll have something similar. The trick is to keep emphasizing what extreme measures it took to work as you go through the application process so they know just a minor tweak won't fix your issues and if DVR offers you something that they know that you did what was recommended and it didn't work which will ultimately lead to them noting they couldn't help you. If it does work that's great but it sounds like you've given work quite a hard try.

There is paperwork that I remember as being similar to SSDI paperwork and a form for a provider to fill out. My therapist did mine. I don't know the extremity of my application but I did wait a while.

I hope some of this helps. It was a while ago and hard to remember some of it now.
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