Well, the letter from SSDI was, of course, a denial. Apparently I am not quite disabled enough.

I guess I just need to find an employer that doesn't care if I can't show up for a few months at a stretch. I never knew it was that simple.

Dark thoughts here. This was basically the last lifeline.

@aspecurian

How many denials?
Do you have SDDI attorney?

@LnzyHou First one on this claim. And no; not yet.

@aspecurian @LnzyHou
I really believe that SSDI doesn't actually look at any records unless you have an attorney. It screens out the people who are too unlikely to qualify for an attorney to take their cases. Unfortunately, it means they have to have delayed benefits while the back payments accumulate enough for it to be worth an attorney's time.

@EileenKCarpenter @aspecurian

Any folks I know have gotten three denials (some kind of game)

ALL had SSDI attorneys.

@LnzyHou @aspecurian
The other thing I tend to notice -- SSD sometimes requests a consultation exam to supplement the records that are submitted.

There is a list of doctors that they direct applicants to see, but they always give the applicant's own PCP the first choice of being the one to do the evaluation and fill out the paperwork.