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Seizures and Disability
Sat, 05/30/2015 - 23:02Can a person get disability since they have seizures?
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And I believe Mereloaded is
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2015-06-01 - 10:04
And I believe Mereloaded is right. If i didn't have a seizure in the lunch room filled with coworkers and the doctors of a major dependent of second largest insurance company in the country, i don't believe i would have gotten approved. There was another was reason i was quickly off short term and approved for long term too (made fun of by my supervisor that brought my seizures back more frequently). I truly believed i was coming back to work after this short term disability was done. It didn't click my mind the psychological testing they had me doing, Wada testing or other stuff they requested was for me getting approved for SSDI. It sometimes takes over a minimum of 3 years of more to get approved for SSDI or SSI. I was approved in less than a couple of months and told to get my stuff, my job was over.
I meant it probably takes a
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2015-06-01 - 10:07
I meant it probably takes a minimum of 3 years to get approved for SSDI alone.
If you can manipulate the
Submitted by Misjoey101 on Sun, 2015-05-31 - 20:05
If you can manipulate the system, I think you can. I am under some " disability" programs. CA Department of Rehabilitation I ride the towns disability bus I am a member of the my schools disability program(and get academic accommodations for no reason)