A follow up on my SSDI case. OK, filed for SSDI OCT.06, had state doctor exam about a month ago (April). I had called my claims rep/case worker, I forget the exact title of the person handling the case, in regards to m medical conition and because of the rarity, should I bring any additional information for them. He told me yes, bring what I thought might help the doctor examing me a better knowldge of my condition and to call him back in 2 weeks and he should have an answer for me on my claim. So I did, MRI copies, and surgical reports things like that. So I go, exam was a joke, the psych eval was twice as long as the general medical eval. So no biggie, now it's 2 weeks later, I call and call til the rep answers the phone, now he says to me, oh, I see here that you have an eye exam at a opthamologist, and they referred you to a neuro-opthamologist, did you go? Yes, I told him and that I had already given that information back in Oct with all my other doctors names. OH, he says, I do not have any of the medical records from his office, we will have to send out a medical release to him. I mentioned that I have a 2 page report that was sent to my original eye doctor from him in regards to the referral and the diagnosis, exam etc info and could I fax that to him and would it be acceptable instead of waiting for the doctor report. At this point another week or so isn't going to matter now, so he said go ahead and fax it to him. So I did that day. He also told me to call him and follow up in a week to 10 days. I called the SSA rep yesterday to make sure he had everything they needed to make a decision on my case,he said he was still waiting on the neuroopthamologist doctor's records and I said, wasn't that why I faxed you a copy of the letter from him 10 days ago, he was like, hold on let me check. He gets back on the phone and says, oh someone just had the fax listed as a coorespondence and not as medical information so it was never fowarded to the doctos here who make the decision on your case. He then told me he would send all that info diectly to the doctor who makes the final decision today and I would know by the end of the week. I was in awe, he asked me to fax it, so I did, then doesn't do anything with it, You just gotta love the SSA.
My advice to everyone waiting on the SSA for a decision in a claim, give the rep/claim person working on you case a call, just to make sure they have all the information they need to make a decision. I called the toll free # and they gave me the claims reps direct extension to call him. If I didn't call I would be waiting a few more weeks or even months because of the oversight on my eye specialist doctor to begin with.
Sorry it was so long winded, I tend to do that from time to time.
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hi all,
A follow up on my SSDI case. OK, filed for SSDI OCT.06, had state doctor exam about a month ago (April). I had called my claims rep/case worker, I forget the exact title of the person handling the case, in regards to m medical conition and because of the rarity, should I bring any additional information for them. He told me yes, bring what I thought might help the doctor examing me a better knowldge of my condition and to call him back in 2 weeks and he should have an answer for me on my claim. So I did, MRI copies, and surgical reports things like that. So I go, exam was a joke, the psych eval was twice as long as the general medical eval. So no biggie, now it's 2 weeks later, I call and call til the rep answers the phone, now he says to me, oh, I see here that you have an eye exam at a opthamologist, and they referred you to a neuro-opthamologist, did you go? Yes, I told him and that I had already given that information back in Oct with all my other doctors names. OH, he says, I do not have any of the medical records from his office, we will have to send out a medical release to him. I mentioned that I have a 2 page report that was sent to my original eye doctor from him in regards to the referral and the diagnosis, exam etc info and could I fax that to him and would it be acceptable instead of waiting for the doctor report. At this point another week or so isn't going to matter now, so he said go ahead and fax it to him. So I did that day. He also told me to call him and follow up in a week to 10 days. I called the SSA rep yesterday to make sure he had everything they needed to make a decision on my case,he said he was still waiting on the neuroopthamologist doctor's records and I said, wasn't that why I faxed you a copy of the letter from him 10 days ago, he was like, hold on let me check. He gets back on the phone and says, oh someone just had the fax listed as a coorespondence and not as medical information so it was never fowarded to the doctos here who make the decision on your case. He then told me he would send all that info diectly to the doctor who makes the final decision today and I would know by the end of the week. I was in awe, he asked me to fax it, so I did, then doesn't do anything with it, You just gotta love the SSA.
My advice to everyone waiting on the SSA for a decision in a claim, give the rep/claim person working on you case a call, just to make sure they have all the information they need to make a decision. I called the toll free # and they gave me the claims reps direct extension to call him. If I didn't call I would be waiting a few more weeks or even months because of the oversight on my eye specialist doctor to begin with.
Sorry it was so long winded, I tend to do that from time to time.
Regards,
Tamara
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