--- In [email protected], Peter Sutphen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > In a message dated 5/22/05 2:31:06 P.M. Central > > Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > I know a guy who has been given full social > > security in US because > > he says he cannot handle working. So he just > > meditates and reads the > > Vedic Literature all day, lives simple. Looks like > > your Bush is > > paying for at least one lone purush/pundit type. > > > > > > > > > > They call those SSI checks "Crazy Checks". All you > > have to do is convince > > people in the Social Security Administration that > > you are a nut and can't hold > > a job and they give you some money every month. > > Druggies and other bums do it > > all the time. It's a shame. Some people deserve them > > due to real mental > > illness but all too many are just lazy bums that > > never grew up and learned > > responsibility, probably like you Purusha friend. >
> It is very difficult to get an SSI check especially > for a psychological disorder. They will only approve > it if you have a schizophrenic disorder. Standard > procedure is to turn you down three times before > they'll even consider the application. Several times a > year I get people wanting me to do an SSI evaluation. > Unless they are schizophrenic I tell them to not waste > their time and money, it will not work. > -Dr. Sutphen > You certainly have some perspective as a psychologist, but you should be aware that it's been Federal policy for some time to issue blanket denials for SSI (because the program is growing so fast), but most genuinely impaired SSI applicants do eventually get it (retroactive to the date of original application, which can mean a sizable initial check), and it is not only the schizophrenic who collect -- in fact, Fairfield has many rus collecting SSI or regular Social Security Disability because of mental impairments, and they were not all schizophrenic. Instead of discouraging applicants, you should refer them to one of the lawyers whose practice is limited to SSI/SSD appeals (the govt pays the lawyer after the SSI is awarded, so an applicant does not need to come up with money for a lawyer): http://www.wesley-law.com/CM/FAQs/SocialSecurity.asp#a7 Affective and other disorders are also eligible for SSI: 12.00 Mental Disorders-The evaluation of disability on the basis of mental disorders requires documentation of a medically determinable impairment(s), consideration of the degree of limitation such impairment(s) may impose on the individual's ability to work, and consideration of whether these limitations have lasted or are expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months. The listings for mental disorders are arranged in nine diagnostic categories: Organic mental disorders (12.02); schizophrenic, paranoid and other psychotic disorders (12.03); affective disorders (12.04); mental retardation (12.05); anxiety-related disorders (12.06); somatoform disorders (12.07); personality disorders (12.08); substance addiction disorders (12.09); and autistic disorder and other pervasive developmental disorders (12.10). http://huntingtondisease.tripod.com/benefits/id5.html To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
