dissability

[mrs57deb]

I am a 57 year old female.  I've worked in bakery for 30 years.  I recently had surgery, Nov 2012 which was a fusion done to my right foot & have 8 screws in my foot.  I can no longer work on my feet an have been let go by my employer of 13 years because I'm not 100% & could not return to work when my time off period ended.  Can I get disability because I can not do a job standing on my feet?

[CartenCasey]

Good Luck, please do NOT get discourage if you do NOT get approved the first go.  Just appeal, and go to an attorney, many people just file again, and it never goes anywhere without going through the whole process.  Good Luck and Best of Luck.  It's a process, and I try to help anyone who has to file for it.  I hope you do get it in the first round, I do know of one person about your age that did get it.  He was approved so fast he had to wait 6 months for his Medicare to kick in.  I hope that happens to you!

[mrs57deb]

Thanks for your response to my inquiry.   I found it to be most helpful.   I did file for benefits so I pray all goes well.   Again thanks. Debra

[CartenCasey]

Sorry to hear about what happened to you.  I am on disability, and I am no doctor or anything like that.  I never worked for a doctor, never worked for a lawyer.  Just this is from my own personal experience and what I have read while I filed for my own disability.   I am not sure if I can share links so I won't because I don't want to get in trouble.  Google Disability Secrets, or How to file Social Security Disability, something like that, there are many sites that can give you and tips on filing.  I will tell you what I have learned.  Go and file the paperwork, in your age group you might get approved the first go around.  When I finally won my case on judicial review, which I was told that very rarely happens, and I don't have any type of luck!  Anyway, there are sever parts on the disability, it's the actual health problem, and it's paper work, paper work, and more paper work.  The more you see the doctor the more paper work, the stronger your case, also, with your age, your more likely to get approved.  Another little tidbit I found out, you actually will draw more money if your disability then if you retire.  You also will get medicare after a 6 month waiting period.  I had a 5 year wait, but I was 31 when I filed.  Another thing that is looked at is the economy and the job you did or used to do, I worked construction and I wasn't ever gonna be do that job again.   If you do get denied the first time, appeal, do not stop!  Most people make that mistake, appeal, send in the paper work and contact an lawyer.  Now the thing about working with a lawyer is that the only will allowed a certain amount of pay, when I had my case it was 5K.  It was automatically paid, and if you win on appeal the judge will decide when you became disabled.  For me it was all in my favor the dated that I filed, so they had to pay 5 years back pay and 4 years and 6 mos of medicare payments where paid to the doctors.  So the doctors office paid me back, medicare explains all that about a few weeks after you are awarded.  I will give you one tip, that saved me a lot of time, when you file out the forms keep a copy.  Because you will be asked to file the same paper work a time or two, and it don't matter if you did at the lawyers office, they want you doing it.  Good Luck and if you have any questions if I can help I will do all that I can.  It's a process, and it's one that no one ever thinks they will have to do!  Best of Luck and Hope you don't have anymore problems!