#SocialSecurity adds 12 new conditions to the list of 278 Compassionate Allowances conditions.

Persons with one of these conditions are approved almost immediately once a diagnosis is verified, bypassing the long wait for #disabilty determination

Always important to include a #medical diagnosis record when applying or personally sending it to #SSA asap after applying. Don't rely on docs sending it.

#ssdi #ssi

🔗Compassionate Allowances Website Home Page

https://www.ssa.gov/compassionateallowances/

If this Care for #LongCovid act doesn’t pass and people don’t have a general strike, they never will.

There are some pretty good links at the bottom of this page, like stuff about getting a #disability determination for long Covid.
https://www.kaine.senate.gov/press-releases/kaine-and-young-introduce-bill-to-support-americans-living-with-long-covid

BTW, if you think you need to apply for disability do it right away. Don’t wait work credits expire overtime and you don’t want your work credits to expire, if you can get #SSDI instead of #SSI you want to do that, it makes a world of difference in quality of life.

https://nkvsspsundaycomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/275/

Know the tiers & lets get some reform

#SocialSecurity #SSI #SSDI #tiered #sundayvibes #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #NKVSSP #differences #knowthem #rules #media #penalties #separate #reform #SundayMorning #SundayBrunch #vibecheck

@BruceMirken If someone has an #MECFS type of #LongCovid this ssa info may help them if they’re applying for #SSDI or #SSI

https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/rulings/di/01/SSR2014-01-di-01.html

This guy mostly fear mongers about #SSDI investigations into #fraud.
The bit on air tags is silly. An air tag will beep if it doesn’t connect to the tacking device every 24 hours, so if they put an air tag on your car they’ll need to come by every day to “connect” so it doesn’t beep.
BUT, if you use a #meta product there is nothing stopping them from turning all your data over to the #SSA if they simply ask.

https://www.youtube.com/live/GzrYjOSVb44?feature=share

If you have #MECFS and you need to apply for #SSDI or #disability in the US, they list their criteria for making determinations here: https://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/rulings/di/01/SSR2014-01-di-01.html

"A person with long COVID has a disability if the person’s condition or any of its symptoms is a “physical or mental” impairment that “substantially limits” one or more major life activities."
#longcovid #ssdi #disability

https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-providers/civil-rights-covid19/guidance-long-covid-disability/index.html

not alone.

#longcovid #ssdi #disability

https://www.reddit.com/r/covidlonghaulers/comments/s7dfbe/denied_disability/

I don't want to need this, please, I want to heal. I want to be able to go back to school or work, this is not how I want to live. I was recently diagnosed with major depressive disorder and started bupropion. I've always been able to push through pain and emotional struggle without medication (honestly it might have helped in the past but I digress), and now I depend on antihistamines, pain relievers, vitamins, and now bupropion just to be somewhat functional.

#longcovid #ssdi #disability

I was prepared to have to wait to hear anything. I checked a few weeks ago and there was very little progress on my case. I was surprised to hear anything at all today. My first request for information was today at 12:35 pm, and the status was updated by 3:14 pm. Is this normal?

#longcovid #ssdi #disability

Never in my life have I had such difficulty with movement, migraines, allergies, vertigo, weird skin conditions. I used to take antihistamines for seasonal allergies, now I take fexofenadine 2x a day. I treated my occasional migraines like clockwork before my period. Now I have migraines and pain nearly every day and my blood tests are normal. I used to bike every day and work on my feet as a cook. Now I can barely shower.

#longcovid #ssdi #disability

What pisses me off is that I didn’t even check my mail until after nine pm, there were no calls, and it appears that I would have almost had four hours to fill out a ten page form before they denied me.

#longcovid #ssdi #disability

I got denied SSDI. I received an email requesting more information today, and was told they needed me to reply today or I would be denied. I went to the website to fill out the form and saw that the decision was made. I went back to my mail and saw that less than four hours after the initial email I received a follow-up email to check the status.

#longcovid #ssdi #disability

The Social Security Administration has been acting like a for-profit insurance company when disabled Americans apply for benefits: deny, deny, deny.

"In the last two fiscal years, federal judges considering appeals for denied benefits found fault with almost 6 in every 10 cases and sent them back to administrative law judges at Social Security for new hearings"

paywall-free link:
https://wapo.st/3qdWYxO
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#SSDI #SSA #disability #Biden #WaPo

Anyone receiving #SocialSecurityDisabilityIncome #SSDI and approaching full retirement age will very likely have their payment day changed from 1st or 3rd day of month to 2nd, 3rd, 4th Wednesday for the month that they do. SSA sends a notice about it just before it happens.

It would be pretty bad to suddenly have no money at all for a month or two when that happens.

Probably should start saving up enough to cover expenses when it happens.

Denial unto death is cheaper than paying all the justified SSDI claims.

#CovidIsNotOver
#SSDI #SocialSecurity
#DisabilityClaims
#LongCovid

“I personally believe the government’s sudden change in tune and how they handle Covid is not because it’s not a threat anymore, but because they’re trying to get rid of us as quickly as possible because they can’t handle the influx of Covid-related disability claims.”

https://www.tiktok.com/@patternseekingsavant/video/7208253631748001067

The @washingtonpost editorial board is on the wrong side of the issue here.

The #DisabledVeterans aren’t receiving gobs of money in #disability benefits.

Instead of calling to bring the benefits of #disabled veterans in line with civilians, how about calling for bettering the system of #SSDI and #SSI, which is failing millions of #disabled people? How about calling for a way to stop failing the #veterans who are turned away from their rightful disability benefits?

Do better, WaPo.
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Video of our filing for disability town hall with Beryl Hudson, EDPNA.

https://youtu.be/zYDIEcYwVd8

Link to Beryl's info: https://blhdisability.com

Link to our support group: https://Facebook.com/groups/COVIDLongHaulers

Link to long-hauler shirts: https://www.bonfire.com/store/covid-strong-haulers/

#longCOVID #COVID #disability #FilingForDisability #PASC #TownHall
#CovidLongHaulers #SSDI

FYI, long-term care facilities in the US take Social Security, SSI, and SSDI as rent. The government allows individuals to keep anywhere from 50 to 30 dollars of their benefits. Basically, it's a monthly allowance. #SocialSecurity #SSI #SSDI #longtermcarefacilities https://www.disabilitysecrets.com/resources/disability/about-disability/how-does-ssi-disability-work-