Anyone have success with Long Term Disability for Lyme?

I tried getting SSI disability and got denied. I talked to a lawyer afterwards and I wish I would have gotten a lawyer before filing for disability the first time. I did a bunch of stuff wrong like not going to enough doctors frequently enough and not making sure they wrote down all my symptoms like how I explained them. Sorry I can't give you any advice, but I would suggest talking to a lawyer to get help and he/she will advise you on what to all do and how to get disability money. Someone told me not to get a lawyer first but after talking to a lawyer I regret not getting a lawyer first.

Also a big issue why I got denied is because the government people handing all the paperwork never got records from two of my main doctors. So you might have to call everyone (doctor offices and the people doing the disability claim) to make sure they are doing their jobs, unfortunately.

I wish I could help you more, sorry!

I never had any problem. I was at work, the next day I called in sick (really thinking it would be one day), then called in to say I'd be out for a week, then went on Short-term Disability (at this point I was seeing a LL neurologist who did ALL the paperwork for me), then Long-term Disability. As I said, my new doctor did all the paperwork and I had no problems on that side of the equation. Perhaps it varies by state?

PS I just read the linked document in the post prior to mine. Since I had disability through my employer, it was 'that' insurance company's paperwork that the doctor first filled out and they complied albeit after many months they would call to try to 'close the case with the option to reopen' and send a lump sum of money; of course I kindly refused saying I'd be going back to work soon. Long story short, when I turned 65 (66?) they forced me to go on Social Security Disability, which was a fraction of the money I had received (67% of current salary when disabled), and THEY did all the paperwork to make it happen.

In truth I always thought I'd be going back; never knew what hit me nor it's long term characteristics. That was back in 2008; now, you can find excellent videos on YouTube, such as the presentation to Duchess County by the Harvard (Columbia?) University Hospital medical director....

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I was able to get short term disability from my employer with no real problems, but long term was denied denied denied and denied. Got a lawyer after the first denial and now, 2.5 years after initial application, it's in front of a judge waiting on her decision. Thankfully I as able to start working again after 15 months of treatment.

Insurers are not required to be reasonable for LTD, just cannot be "arbitrary and capricious". Employer's lawyers were very clear in the mandatory arbitration, they're not paying because, under above standard and given, no such thing as chronic lyme position of IDSA, they don't have to. Pricks.

Good luck with your claim. Sadly, I think it really does come down to luck whether or not you will get it.

You also might find these to be helpful:
/www.lymedisease.org/ssdi/

www.ssdrc.com/ssd-lyme-disease.html

www.disabilitysecrets.com/social-security-disability-lyme-disease.html