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Has anyone from NC applied for disability? I have been advised to get lawyer because it is so hard to get disability with fibromyalgia. I don't want to get a lawyer if I can avoid it. I am starting to apply online in the next day or so. I have to get it started and get something done soon. Finances are so tight with me not working uggh!!
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Members strongly encouraged someone applying for disability in North Carolina with fibromyalgia to get a lawyer, sharing that while... Read more
The answers for the top 2 questions-SSI is for people with less than 2K in assets, and less job history. And yes to the 2nd question. Fibro was accepted as a disability item in 2012, but you must prove what you can and cannot do. It helps to have co-morbidities, and long job history, and age of 50 or more. Yes, get a lawyer, they take @ 30% of any back-pay while you wait for the decision, if you are approved in 6 months, they get nothing from you. You pay only if you win. You must contact your drs and let them know what you are doing so they are on board. List your health issues, meds, drs phones, addresses and names, tx tried and failed, what your limitations are etc. This helps get you organized, along with your medical records, when you apply. I did this in early 2016, with an attorney, and I was approved in 3 months. Good Luck, don't give up, FrancesMary
Doctor notes also have to show what your limitations are. Social Security needs exact info so the doctor notes or a letter must say those things. Speak with your doctor and review what your limitations are and how your activities of daily living are affected ( ability to bathe, groom self, cook, clean, carry things, mobility, ability to sit or stand for long periods of time, etc.) Remember the focus of Social Security is that they are determining whether or not your condition will prevent you from working, not just working in your field, but working at all. be sure to include any psychological symptoms like depression or anxiety or potential workplace sensitivities. Check out the internet for fibromyalgia symptoms log or there is a Doctor's visit symptom checklist at phoenixraising.me>medcfs-basics that is good. Good Luck!
@A MyFibroTeam Member, you absolutely should have a qualified attorney file for you. They don't take any money until you receive a Disability award. Then they take a percentage of the money you are awarded that accrued in the form of monthly payments that you are owed starting on the day SS received your filing until the time you win your case.
I know two women who first filled without an attorney and finally had an attorney file. They couldn't win on their own. I had an attorney and was approved. I wish the best for you ❣️🙏
@A MyFibroTeam Member all those is true too. I did have all that too when I applied. Back then, fibromyagia was not very recognized. There was no ID code for it like there is now. It was harder. Doctors didn't know that much about the illness, so diagnosing was next to impossible.
Can someone explain the difference between SSI and disability. I don't qualify do to I have not worked for 15 plus years.
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