Diagnoses: Autism, TR-Depression w/ suicidal ideation, chronic insomnia with delayed sleep phase, GAD w/ multiple sub anxiety disorders (including agoraphobia), IBS C & D, Fibromyalgia, BPD, C-PTSD & PTSD, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Overactive Bladder, MALS, Hypertension, Gastroparesis, GERD, parasomnia, RLS, Hypoglycemia, Recurrent SIBO, TMJ, Anal Fissures, and the list keeps growing.
I applied for SSDI in November 2020 after becoming unable to work in December 2019.
I rode that claim past the ALJ (denied in January 2022) and to the AC, which supported the ALJ's denial in October 2022.
I submitted my second claim in October 2022.
That claim was denied in May 2023. I got a SSDI lawyer and they submitted the appeal in July 2023.
Now my psych - who handles all of my mental diagnoses and treatments, including weekly Spravato sessions, refuses to fill out the SSDI paperwork sent to them because "it's against office policy to handle SSDI documentation."
But I can't get SSDI without thorough documentation from the treating provider.
My GI specialists already completed and submitted the documentation.
It's not even a fee issue. I would gladly pay the fee or see if my lawyer would front it if that's all it took.
But, no. It's simply "against office policy".
I've literally submitted over 3000 pages of supporting documentation for my disabilities, but according to our government, I'm "not disabled" just because my doc won't complete a simple form.
FML
Edit: I'm at my weekly Spravato session. My psych gave me this signed form basically saying "fuck off".
To be fair to him, he did run the forms he received up the chain of command and the Director of Psych told him he couldn't complete them. Six years ago this Director McFuck decided that completing any type of disability paperwork (federal or otherwise) was "too much work" because of the "risk of being dragged to court".
FML twice over.
Maybe request a copy of your medical records over the entire time-frame and submit it and add to the 3000+ pages of documentation? The SSDI page says "Medical evidence already in your possession. This includes medical records, doctors' reports, and recent test results; and" which seems to indicate that the doctor doesn't need to fill it out. You have the legal right to access to a copy of your records and they're required by law to process these requests.
Unfortunately, they aren't required by law in America If you're an American, under 50, and disabled, the only solution the government ensures is death.
You have the right to request medical records and they must be returned to you in a timely manner. The doctor can refuse to fill out a form, but you can always just submit the entirety of your health record instead.
Yeah, that's how I got the 3,000 pages.
Missouri SSA still says I'm "not disabled" just because there isn't a RFC provided directly from my provider.
Hell, they sent me to a mental consultive exam in April. The SSDI mental doc said herself that she would recommend to SSA that I should be considered disabled.
Missouri SSA disregarded that documentation and went with the consultive internist exam - because they sent me to someone with the intent of denying my claim.
I'm so sorry, that's beyond fucked up