Comments on: Approved Claimant Returns to Work – Are there any Defenses to a Continuing Disability Review or Termination Action by SSA

By: james gauntt

james gauntt — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 14:58:11 +0000

been collecting disability for ptsd since 2006 and hadnt beeen under doctors care and am up for review filled out long form and sent back my condition hasnt improved and has gotten worse what are chances my checks will stop really worried here and scared can u please email me answer soon

By: Jas Wilder

Jas Wilder — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:58:37 +0000

I've been on SSDI since 1992 with HIV. No CDR until 2002, which was followed by start of full medical review. After I completed medical review forms (still in 2002), I received letter from local soc. sec. office apologizing for putting me through all those forms… stating they had just learned people determined disabled with HIV after 1991 are not subject to CDR's and medical reviews. The letter said I would not be receiving any more reviews. Nine years later, and living in a different state the past 7, still no CDR's. I'm 57 now with 18 years on SSDI with HIV/AIDS. Is the policy they informed me of in 2002 still in effect? I'm worried because I just obtained a copy of my medical record. Despite there's plenty of medical documentation as to my continued disability, an inept VA social worker I saw for therapy (and quit seeing a year ago because I experienced his behavior & tactics in session as unprofessional, inattentive, and questionably prejudicial) recorded multiple times in his notes that I was working part time when i was in fact volunteering. In one session's notes he stated I was "working full time for under the table money while still collecting SSDI". These statements are blatantly untrue, but I already lost a life insurance disability benefit because of his notations, and I'm scared to death I could lose my SSDI if they review and see his notes. I'm working toward requesting a correction to my VA medical records, but am not optimistic. It's his word against mine. The stress of this revelation the past few weeks is so extreme, my health, which has been half way decent the last couple years, is already in a downhill slide. If my record isn't amended, can I deny social security access to those specific notes? I saw a local legal aid attorney, but he wasn't much help other than to tell me to request amendment to my medical record.

By: Morris Kamelgarn

Morris Kamelgarn — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:18:53 +0000

Jonathan,
Here I am with my funny name again. I know I've written to you before, but something new has come up. I was granted SSDI after an appeal in 2004, and have worked on and off since then. I have repaid about $10,000 in overpayments, and am currently repaying $18,000 more. My question is this: My EPE ended in June of this year, and the same month I took a 6-month contract programming job. I know that if I want continued benefits I have to apply for reinstatement. If I do so, do you know whether the decision will be made on the basic of my health (which has not improved), or on my work history since 2004, or both? Thank you again for your time.

By: shirley callowaay

shirley callowaay — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:23:01 +0000

I was getting a ssI check and it was terminated do to my work incame and now I have a child who is sick he have seizures thay what pay my child do to my income and his dad income my son who need help. he ant but two year old what do I need to do about this please help on this