Usa ssdi

CIGNA LTD is terrible. You have to keep hiri g lawyers every 3-6 months even if you are already determined eligible for SSDI. Do not believe they will help you get approved for SS, but they will tell you that you have to do so. My lawyer said in all her experience they are the worst to deal with.

They were OK when I was on STD but yeah, LTD is different and I've heard bad things too.

I've been fighting for my SSDI for 8+ years now. ALJ in 2 application appeals hearings & most recently federal remand hearing have ignored my treating dr's from 2 states. No WEIGHT given to dr notes, RFC, test results nor symptoms of emotional fragility, which ironically is getting worse.

I am furious by the sarcastic, condescending comments at the hearing and in documented decisions (as are my current attorneys). The fact that my decision contains details that appear to be someone else's case is considered standard operating procedure and totally acceptable. Just because it is the us gov and we don't have to be accountable! I feel like I'm being penalized because I have a level of intelligence and education...as if the uneducated suffer most than educated people. WTF?

My medical evidence was being ignored before the Physicians Rule went into effect on March 27, 2017. US District Ct remanded because judge ignored medical. Remand hearing date was Dec 14 & I knew he had already made his decision before hearing by some of the ??? he slung at me with a lot of sarcastic, condescending & demeaning energy! I got the decision on Dec 22. I don't think this judge or any for that matter at this particular ODAR office has EVER rendered a decision that FAST. It is not part of their job requirement to be efficient and timely.

My attorney sent me email stating "I just don't believe the judges in this office believe in mental health cases. After reading decision, I feel like he had already decided before we got there". I could complain to Divsion of Quality Services @SSA, but I'm just too tired of fighting and I'm getting the impression that as far as gov is concerned, the mentally ill are not fit to survive and should just give up!

Besides, I've been homeless since Feb 5, 2017 & I don't have enough funds to live on for another freaking appeals council delay. My lawsuit was filed May 5, 2016 & the hearing was just Dec 14, 2017. I've spent all holidays alone for the past 4 years, so when I got the decision on Dec 26 @7:30AM it was like a message from the universe.TIME TO GO! You are no longer worthy in this universe.

If I wasn't 57, I'd consider what few funds I have left and go directly to Geel, Belgium to seek a foster family! One place in the whole world where generations of families have considered it an honor & a privilege to embrace the mentally ill for over 700 years.

My ALJ was so much more knowledgeable than my treating dr's that he added DX that I had never had. Also stated my testimony was "too subjective". I cry every day and can no longer control my emotions, but I can drive a car "even get on a plane to go to Caribbean to attend a wedding and do my grocery shopping" so I can work. My work attempts in 2013/2014 were used as examples of ability to work even though they were not sustainable and failed because of emotional break down, melt down, failure, etc.

I know I am not going to survive PTSD, MDD (that so far has been untreatable) and I accept it!