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The lawyer called today, saying that he had gotten the letter saying why Social Security say they are denying my appeal. ("Say" because a lot of the unofficial motivation here is to deny and delay so applicants will go away without receiving benefits.)
We talked on the phone a while, during which I told him about the pulmonologist and the bronchiectasis, and also that I am between neurologists, and gave him the name of the neurologist I will be seeing next week. We can ask for a phone or video hearing or to do it in person; he recommends telephone rather than masking up and doing it in person, because if they can't see my face being in person doesn't improve my chances.
At the end of the call he said he was filing the appeal; that it's likely to take "a while" before the hearing because they need to assign a new examiner; and that he'll be away next week. Ten minutes later it occurred to me that I haven't told him about the corneal problem and that my vision is worse now than it was a year or two ago. He doesn't think they'll take that into account, since the problem could be resolved by a transplant, but I asked him to make a note of it anyway.
After getting off the phone with the lawyer, I called my doctor's office and asked the receptionist to poke Carmen about the Ritalin prescription, given that she doesn't work on Mondays. He assured me that she was in the office today, and that he would send the request over again and mark it as urgent.
We talked on the phone a while, during which I told him about the pulmonologist and the bronchiectasis, and also that I am between neurologists, and gave him the name of the neurologist I will be seeing next week. We can ask for a phone or video hearing or to do it in person; he recommends telephone rather than masking up and doing it in person, because if they can't see my face being in person doesn't improve my chances.
At the end of the call he said he was filing the appeal; that it's likely to take "a while" before the hearing because they need to assign a new examiner; and that he'll be away next week. Ten minutes later it occurred to me that I haven't told him about the corneal problem and that my vision is worse now than it was a year or two ago. He doesn't think they'll take that into account, since the problem could be resolved by a transplant, but I asked him to make a note of it anyway.
After getting off the phone with the lawyer, I called my doctor's office and asked the receptionist to poke Carmen about the Ritalin prescription, given that she doesn't work on Mondays. He assured me that she was in the office today, and that he would send the request over again and mark it as urgent.
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