Disability question

[djean111]

5. My son applied for disability himself. The first application is almost always turned down.

The reason for his denial? Because his getting to the doctor who verified his debilitating PTSD and panic attacks meant he could too leave the house. The only reason he went outside and to the doctor was because that was the only way to get the meds that helped with his powerful and frightening temper. We had to pay cash. Cash price for a month of his meds, at most pharmacies, was anywhere from $1100 to $1400. Costco saved our lives, almost literally.

So, we asked around, and found a law firm that specializes in this. Application was approved in a couple of months. The lawyer only gets a percentage of the money owed from the date of the first application to date of approval. The lawyers know what the clerks and the judges are looking for. We would still be desperately buying a week or so of meds at a time, and still be scared all the time, if we had kept slogging along, trying to do this on our own.